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Fabrication of Large-area Free-standing Ultrathin Polymer Films
Published on: June 3, 2015
Improving diacetylene photopolymerization in monolayers and ultrathin films
Jie Ji1, Yao Li1, Sven Bernaerts2
1State Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China. ivasenko@suda.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Gentle annealing and photopolymerization under inert atmospheres strongly enhance the quality of polydiacetylene monolayers. These simple measures not only triple the average degree of polymerization but also alter the preferred photoexcitation mode and cause pronounced nano-alignment during the early stages of polymerization.
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