Issue 4, 2021

Additive-induced ordered structures formed by PC71BM fullerene derivatives

Abstract

We report the results of an experimental and theoretical study of structure formation in mixtures of phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) with high boiling octane based solvent additives 1,8-octanedithiol (ODT), 1,8-dibromooctane, and 1,8-diiodooctane obtained by evaporation of a host-solvent (chlorobenzene). Experimental studies by DSC, SAXS and WAXS methods found evidence of crystallization of fullerenes in the presence of the high boiling additives in the mixtures. A molecular dynamics simulation of a PC71BM/ODT mixture revealed the self-assembly of fullerenes into sponge-like network structures.

Graphical abstract: Additive-induced ordered structures formed by PC71BM fullerene derivatives

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Dec 2020
Accepted
11 Jan 2021
First published
12 Jan 2021

Soft Matter, 2021,17, 810-814

Additive-induced ordered structures formed by PC71BM fullerene derivatives

P. V. Komarov, M. D. Malyshev, T. Yang, C. Chiang, H. Liao, D. V. Guseva, V. Yu. Rudyak, V. A. Ivanov and S. Tung, Soft Matter, 2021, 17, 810 DOI: 10.1039/D0SM02240C

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