TY - JOUR
T1 - Infrared spectroscopic signatures of phase segregation in P3HT-porphyrin blends
AU - Eigner, Audrey A.
AU - Konold, Patrick E.
AU - Massari, Aaron
PY - 2009/5/11
Y1 - 2009/5/11
N2 - Phase segregation of 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethyl-21H,23H-porphine ruthenium(II)carbonyl (RuOEP) and regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) in thin films is investigated with infrared and UV-visible spectroscopies as well as transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum of the ruthenium-bound CO symmetric stretching mode exhibits significant changes as these films are annealed in solvent vapors. The development of multiple inhomogeneously broadened microenvironments is observed, and UV-visible spectra and TEM support a model of homogeneous porphyrin distribution throughout the P3HT films that gradually becomes more heterogeneous as the P3HT and RuOEP molecules phase segregate. A complete model for the phase segregation process experienced by the embedded RuOEP is proposed to explain the collective experimental observations.
AB - Phase segregation of 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethyl-21H,23H-porphine ruthenium(II)carbonyl (RuOEP) and regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) in thin films is investigated with infrared and UV-visible spectroscopies as well as transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum of the ruthenium-bound CO symmetric stretching mode exhibits significant changes as these films are annealed in solvent vapors. The development of multiple inhomogeneously broadened microenvironments is observed, and UV-visible spectra and TEM support a model of homogeneous porphyrin distribution throughout the P3HT films that gradually becomes more heterogeneous as the P3HT and RuOEP molecules phase segregate. A complete model for the phase segregation process experienced by the embedded RuOEP is proposed to explain the collective experimental observations.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp9052242
DO - 10.1021/jp9052242
M3 - Article
C2 - 19817498
AN - SCOPUS:72449190652
SN - 1520-6106
VL - 113
SP - 14549
EP - 14554
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
IS - 44
ER -