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Lucas Leveque1, Eric Drockenmuller1, Imad Laktineh2
1University Claude Bernard Lyon1, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères, CNRS UMR 5223, Villeurbanne, France. anatoli.serghei@univ-lyon1.fr.
Abstract:
Here we investigate nanotubes of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) prepared by solvent casting using highly ordered AAO (anodized aluminum oxide) membranes as templates. Upon varying the thickness of the nanotubes between 13 nm and 44 nm, a rise in conductivity by five orders of magnitude is observed. For 44 nm thick P3HT nanotubes, a conductivity value higher than in the bulk is reported. The mechanism of this enhancement effect is evidenced by X-ray scattering structural investigations revealing an orientation of the crystalline domains along the long axis of the nanopores. Nanoconfinement in nanopores could represent thus a powerful tool to modulate, within many orders of magnitude, the conductive properties of conjugated polymers and give rise to nanomaterials exhibiting better properties than in the bulk.
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