Neutron reflectivity determination of buried electroactive interface structure: PBT/PPy and PBT/PXV bilayers

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作者
Hillman, AR [1 ]
Saville, PM
Glidle, A
Richardson, RM
Roser, SJ
Swann, MJ
Webster, JRP
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[1] Univ Leicester, Dept Chem, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
[2] Univ Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
[3] Univ Bristol, Sch Chem, Bristol BS8 1TS, Avon, England
[4] Univ Bath, Sch Chem, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England
[5] Rutherford Appleton Lab, ISIS Facil, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
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10.1021/ja970301h
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
Structure-property correlations of two electroactive polymer bilayers fabricated by different methods are investigated using neutron reflectivity to probe the buried polymer/polymer interfaces. Both bilayers utilize electropolymerized poly(2,2'-bithiophene) as an inner, mediating layer, while the outer layer consists of either electropolymerized polypyrrole or electroprecipitated polyxylylviologen, respectively. These devices have very different current-potential behaviors, which neutron reflectivity shows is a consequence of the fabrication method and the resulting polymer/polymer interfacial structure. The polybithiophene/polypyrrole film is found to be of composite structure while polybithiophene/polyxylylviologen forms a film comprised of segregated polymer layers.
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