Share

Related Links

Related Stories

Feature

Polymer semiconductor crystals

24 May 2010
Jung Ah Lim, Feng Liu, Sunzida Ferdous, Murugappan Muthukumar, and Alejandro L. Briseno

One of the long-standing challenges in the field of polymer semiconductors is to figure out how long interpenetrating and entangled polymer chains self-assemble into single crystals from the solution phase or melt.

The ability to produce these crystalline solids has fascinated scientists from a broad range of backgrounds including physicists, chemists, and engineers. Scientists are still on the hunt for determining the mechanism of crystallization in these information-rich materials. Understanding the theory and concept of crystallization of polymer semiconductors will undoubtedly transform this area from an art to an area that will host a bandwagon of scientists and engineers. In this article we describe the basic concept of crystallization and highlight some of the advances in polymer crystallization from crystals to nanocrystalline fibers.

To read full article follow link to the right

 

This article is featured in:
Polymers and soft materials