Phase Morphology and Molecular Structure Correlations in Model Fullerene-Polymer Nanocomposites

David G. Bucknall; Gabriel Bernardo; Meisha L. Shofner; Deb Nabankur; Dharmaraj Raghavan; Bobby G. Sumpter; Scott Sides; Abul Huq; Alamgir Karim

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.714.63

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Phase Morphology and Molecular Structure Correlations in Model Fullerene-Polymer Nanocomposites

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In this work we have performed a systematic study of blends of [6,-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) with the following amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers: atactic polystyrene (PS), syndiotactic polystyrene (syn-PS), poly (2-vinyl-naphthalene) (P2VN), poly (9-vinyl-phenanthrene) (P9VPh), poly (vinylidene-fluoride) (PVdF) and poly (3-hexyl-thiophene) (P3HT). Experimental measurements using DSC, x-ray and neutron scattering coupled with molecular modeling (MD and DFT) have been utilized to determine the solubility and phase morphology of these model polymer-fullerene blends.

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David G. Bucknall, Gabriel Bernardo, Meisha L. Shofner, Deb Nabankur, Dharmaraj Raghavan, Bobby G. Sumpter, Scott Sides, Abul Huq, Alamgir Karim

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Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Fullerene, Molecular Modelling, Neutron Scattering, X-Ray Scattering

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