Solution-state nanoconfined aggregation and microstructure evolution in blends of conjugated polymers and elastomers
Amnahir E. Peña-Alcántara·Zhenan Bao·Christina Cheng·Thomas P. Chaney·Aidan H. Coffey·Elisa Ponte·Xiaozhou Ji·Lukas Michalek·Yu Wu·Max Schrock·Gradie Ngaruka·Michal L. Gala·Chenhui Zhu·Michael F. Toney·Alberto Salleo·Enrique D. Gomez·Masoud Ghasemi
Emerging wearable health monitoring technologies require conformable and stretchable devices. Polymer semiconductors composed of π-conjugated polymer aggregates in an elastomeric matrix are remarkable in their ability to provide both high stretchability and enhanced charge transport. Understanding their film formation process is critical in improving charge transport, imparting added functionalities, and advancing large-scale production of high-performing polymer electronic devices. Here, using
