Three types of linear and planar-structured donor (D)–acceptor (A) type alternating copolymers were synthesized by incorporating intrachain noncovalent Coulomb interactions, based on 2,5-bisthieno[3,2-b]thiophene-1,4-bis(decyltetradecyloxy)benzene and benzothiadiazole (BT) moieties. The chain linearity and systematic adjustment of interchain organization was achieved by the incorporation of different number of electronegative fluorine atoms onto BT, which significantly affected the frontier energy levels, film morphology, and the resulting charge transport properties. Bimodal semi-crystalline orientation and charge carrier transport properties were studied by grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) and polymer filed effect transistor (PFET) characteristics measurements. The hole mobility as high as 0.1 cm2/Vs in PFET was measured for poly(2,5-bisthieno[3,2-b]thiophene-1,4-bis(decyltetradecyloxy)benzene-alt-4,7-(5,6-difluoro-2,1,3 -benzothiadiazole)) (PPDTT2FBT), suggesting a strong self-organization in the linear configuration with conformation lock with the help of fluorine atoms. The linear and difluorinated PPDTT2FT also showed the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE, 6.4%) by blending with PC71BM, but showed a poorer photovoltaic performance compared to the wavy-structured counterpart, PPDT2FBT, reported previously. The mainly edge-on orientation of PPDTT2FT and poor blend film morphology attributed to the moderate PCE in the blends. Fine modulation
A topic of great importance to all scientists is the identification of compounds, which is relevant in all aspects of their work in some way shape or form. Weather it may be determining what is causing sickness or what is polluting the air, it is very prevalent in the science world. In project 2, identification of cations and anions was preformed through a series of confirmation and elimination tests that ultimately led to identifying an unknown ionic compound made of cations and anions.
Biology 115 Semester List of Structures Chapter One Anatomy is the study of body structure and the relationship between structures Physiology is the study of how the structures of the body function Levels of Structural Organization Chemical Cell Tissue Organ Organ system Organism Homeostasis Positive feedback loop Negative feedback loop Relative Positions Superior Inferior Anterior Posterior
Shu and coworkers combined previous bipolar transport polymer blend work in white EL. They adjusted the narrow-band gap monomer content of the copolymer, and synthesized molecular dispersed white EL polymer (37), with color coordinates (0.30, 0.36) and luminous efficiency 3.9 cd A-1. Shim et al doped a small amount of orange chromophore BPCVB into the main chain of polyfluorene to get poly{9,9-bis-(4-octyloxy-phenyl)-fl uorene-2,7-diyl-co-3,7-bis(1-cyanovinyl-3-phenothienyl)-1-(2 -ethylhexyloxy)- 4-methoxybenzene-3,7-diyl}(PFPCVBs, 38) , and then the white EL polymer could be obtained by adjusting the copolymer ratio. The EL spectra of polymer PFPCVB025 and PFPCVB050, with orange chromophore contents0.25% and 0.5%, respectively, were both
The highly conjugated system of the cyanine dyes makes it a very good compound in the development of more efficient solar cells. In this experiment, the maximum wavelength was measured for nine dyes using a UV-Vis spectrum. The result that were obtained agreed with Kuhn’s model for the less polarizable end groups such as 3,3 '-diethyloxadicarbocyanine and 3,3 '-diethyloxatricarbocyanine. That suggested that these two compounds were not as easy to polarize compared to the rest of the dyes. The rest of the dyes required the use of the empirical parameter α to provide more reliable predictions of the wavelengths. This was due to the highly polarized ends of the dyes which needed the adjustment of the parameter to get more accurate results. The series with the higher polarizable end groups’ absorbed higher wavelength light than the less polarized groups. This supported the idea of the one-dimensional box. Also, higher wavelength was determined to be associated with longer conjugated carbon methine chains between the Nitrogen atoms. Kuhn’s free electron model was very reliable for this system.
The doped fullerene C19Si-L-Alanine has more negative NICS values than other species, and thus they should have relatively high aromaticity. The exciton binding energy (Eb) can be used as the energy required decomposing an exciton into a free electron and hole in the fullerene cages. The charge transport is one of the central issues for the performance of organic electronic devices, the exciton binding energy (Eb) is calculated to understand more about the transport properties of the doped fullerenes [24] and is defined as
Monomer and end capper was synthesized according to known literature procedures [10,11]. The conjugated polymer with two side-chain thiol groups was also synthesized by nickel mediated polymerization method [12,13]. A schematic representation of the synthesis of monomer, end capper, polymer was shown in Scheme 2. 2.2.1. 2,7-Dibromo-9H-fluorene (1) Fluorine (300.8 mmol, 50.0 g) and CHCl3 (450 mL) was taken in the 1 liter round-bottom flask, wrapped with aluminum foil.
These are ion channels found in the membrane that can open in response to the binding of a ligand. This type of receptor has a hydrophilic channel through the middle of it, which allows ions to cross the membrane through the phospholipid bilayer (without this, it wouldn’t be able to because the bilayer is hydrophobic).
Copper acetate monohydrate (Cu(CH3COO)2.H2O, SRL, AR Grade), Iron(III) nitrate nonahydrate (Fe(NO3)3 9H2O, Thomas Baker, AR grade), cadmium dihydrate (Cd(CH3COO)2.2H2O), tin chloride dihydrate (SnCl2.2H2O, Merck, GR grade), and thiourea (CS(NH)2, SD Fine, AR grade), and ethanol (Merck, AR grade) were the precursors used for synthesis of CFTS and CCdTS nanoparticles. The electrolyte is composed of the following chemicals: 0.1M lithium iodide (LiI, Anhydrous, Merck), 0.05M Iodine ((I2, Thomas Baker, LR), 0.5M 4-tert-Butylpyridine (TBP, Sigma-Aldrich, 96%) and 0.6 M 1-Methyl- 3-propylimidazolim iodide (PMII, Sigma-Aldrich, 98%) and acetonitrile. Fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates (TEC 8, sheet resistance 8 Pilkington), TiO2 powder (P 25,
This seminar was presented by Dr. Robert B. (Barney) Grubbs, who is an Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University. Also, Dr. Grubb has been a professional scientist at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (2009-2014). On his presentation Dr. Grubbs explained how, through synthesis it is possible to control the structure and properties of molecules to create functional materials. In order to obtain these functional materials, Dr. Grubbs and his research group have synthesized block and star-block copolymers, which depending on their properties can be used in different applications.
Polystyrene is made up of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrogen is a non-metal with the lowest electronegativity so when it bonds with carbon, the carbon will have a greater attraction for the bonding electrons than the hydrogen due to its greater electronegativity. As a result, the bonding electrons will be closer to carbon than hydrogen. The carbon will have a slight negative charge and the hydrogen will have a slight positive charge.
The atomic number of Magnesium is 12. The condensed electron configuration is Ne 3s2. The complete configuration is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2. The atomic number of Magnesium is 12. The condensed electron configuration is Ne 3s2. The complete configuration is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2. The atomic number of Magnesium is 12. The condensed electron configuration is Ne 3s2. The complete configuration is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2. The atomic number of Magnesium is 12. The condensed electron configuration is Ne 3s2. The complete configuration is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2. The atomic number of Magnesium is 12. The condensed electron configuration is Ne 3s2. The complete configuration is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2. The atomic number of Magnesium is 12. The condensed electron configuration
In 20 years, our vision is that perovskites will replace the majority of silicon-based solar panels. Perovskite solar cells are composed of perovskite-structured compounds, which are any material with the same crystal structure as calcium titanium oxide (CaTiO3) such as methylammonium lead halides (CH3NH3PbX3, where X represents iodine, bromine, or chlorine). This is because the original “true” perovskite mineral when it was first found (by Gustav Rose in 1839 in the Ural Mountains of Russia) is CaTiO3, so any material with the same crystal structure as the mineral can also be classified as perovskite. It has the generic form ABX3; A is an organic cation, B is an inorganic cation, and X3 is a small halogen anion.
And like that November is knocking on our door. Just to recap our previous post. Students are engaging in a sports unit. Particularly, students are learning about sports played in Spanish speaking countries. Thus far, students have been working on developing meaning of high frequency structures and vocabulary through various activities such as games and songs. In preparation for the following weeks students are moving into storytelling. During story telling students will be presented with story scripts that will be broken down sentence by sentence in Spanish. Afterwards, students will be assessed for comprehension using reading and writing activities.
Here we report the fabrication of a flexible all carbon field effect transistor (FET) using a low cost, recyclable and biodegradable cellulose paper as both substrate as well as dielectric and pencil graphite as source, drain, channel and gate without using any other expensive, toxic or non-biodegradable materials. The electron and hole mobility’s of FET are observed to be 180 and 200 cm2v-1s-1 respectively which are comparable to the recently reported values of paper FET with polymer dielectric and cellulose composite dielectrics. The FET was utilized as a strain sensor which shows good sensitivity for low strains of both tensile and compressive type. The mobility of the FET increases with increase in compressive strain and decreases with increase in tensile strain. The sensitivity of the FET sensor increases with the increase in the gate voltage.
During the last two decades, organic semiconductor lasers (OSLs) have attracted much attention due to their advantageous properties such as wavelength tunability in the visible range,1 low cost, flexibility,2 and large area fabrication.3 These properties make them good candidates for a range of applications including sensing,4 spectroscopy,5 and optical communication.6 However, only optically pumped organic lasers have been realized so far, and the demonstration of an electrically driven organic laser diode still remains a very challenging task. To achieve electrically pumped OSLs, much effort has been focused on the reduction of the energy threshold of optically pumped organic lasers by enhancing the gain medium properties7,8 and