RETRACTED: Fractal Structure in Poly(3-Alkylthiophene) Derivatives

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Retracted papers: One of the major features of conjugated polymer is the rigid molecular conformation which is absolutely different with that of flexible polymer. In this study, the non-conjugated aggregate structure of conjugated polymers was explored for the first time by using Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS). It is found that there is a large-scale non-conjugated packing structure inside the Poly (3-alkylthiophene) (P3AT), which can be attributed to loose stacked structure of rigid conjugated main chain in P3AT. Thus, a large number of pore structures with the porosity of about 10-4 to 10-3 are formed, and such pore structures exhibit the characteristics of a mass fractal structure.

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