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Edwin L. Thomas. Alcazar Jorba, Daniel Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering 2009-04-29T17:30:21Z 2009-04-29T17:30:21Z 2008 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45359 316803071 Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-119). Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 2008. We present a gel route to process highly oriented conjugated polymer films and fibers. The incorporation of hexafluoroisopropanol, a strong and stable dipolar group, to the polythiophene backbone enhances the solubility and especially, the hydrogen bond forming capabilities of the polymer. This functionalization enables the polymer to build up an isotropic self-supporting network structure based on a combination of polymer-polymer chain interactions and interchain hydrogenbondings. These thermally reversible physical crosslinks incorporate plasticity in the conjugated polymer gel. The gel network can be melted and then transformed via mechanical deformation to form an anisotropic gel with the chains highly aligned along the tensile direction. The oriented gel morphology comprises a distribution of crystalline clusters in an overall swollen network. In these ordered regions, conjugated backbones are [pi]-stacked with respect to each other neighbors. The mechanically induced structural rearrangement from an isotropic to an anisotropic conjugated polymer gel occurs when transitioning from the molten state to the gel state. This study highlights the versatility of incorporating plasticity in the design of conjugated polymer materials via a gel processing technology and its potential for applications. by Daniel Alcazar Jorba. M.Eng. 119 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Materials Science and Engineering. A conjugated polymer plastic gel Thesis application/pdf false Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="b1dbe14f-4927-4db4-93d5-eeb04dbceea4"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>A conjugated polymer plastic gel</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2008</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Alcazar Jorba, Daniel</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Materials Science and Engineering.</Keyword> <Abstract>We present a gel route to process highly oriented conjugated polymer films and fibers. The incorporation of hexafluoroisopropanol, a strong and stable dipolar group, to the polythiophene backbone enhances the solubility and especially, the hydrogen bond forming capabilities of the polymer. This functionalization enables the polymer to build up an isotropic self-supporting network structure based on a combination of polymer-polymer chain interactions and interchain hydrogenbondings. These thermally reversible physical crosslinks incorporate plasticity in the conjugated polymer gel. The gel network can be melted and then transformed via mechanical deformation to form an anisotropic gel with the chains highly aligned along the tensile direction. The oriented gel morphology comprises a distribution of crystalline clusters in an overall swollen network. In these ordered regions, conjugated backbones are [pi]-stacked with respect to each other neighbors. The mechanically induced structural rearrangement from an isotropic to an anisotropic conjugated polymer gel occurs when transitioning from the molten state to the gel state. This study highlights the versatility of incorporating plasticity in the design of conjugated polymer materials via a gel processing technology and its potential for applications.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>