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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 43, Issue 10, Pages 4646-4653Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma902566h
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- DR3 German Science Foundation [SPP 1355]
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We report on structural investigations of a series of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) with well-defined molecular weight (5-19 kg/mol) using DSC, small angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering, and A FM. With increasing temperature, we identify three ordered phases, namely 3D crystalline, 2D crystalline with disordered side chains, and a layered phase of smectic symmetry, followed by complete melting. Although all samples crystallize in extended chain conformation, the lower molecular weight material exhibits a lower crystallinity, most likely caused by noncrystallizable end groups. The crystallinity increases strongly with increasing molecular weight, which could be a possible explanation for the known dependence of charge transport properties on molecular weight.
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