Tuning the edge-on oriented ordering of solution-aged poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin films
Md Saifuddin, Mala Mukhopadhyay, A. Biswas, Lara Gigli, Jasper R. Plaisier, S. Hazra
Abstract
In solution-aged thin films, edge-on oriented ordering of nanofibers, along the <italic>z</italic>-direction, extends by thermal annealing, while near the film–substrate interface, it improves by combined solvent vapor and thermal annealing
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