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Nanostructured Films of Selfencapsulating Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials DFG-SPP 1181 NANOMAT. Jan Perlich TU München, Physik-Department LS E13, James-Franck-Str. 1, D-85747 Garching. Mine Memesa Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz.
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Nanostructured Films of Selfencapsulating Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials DFG-SPP 1181 NANOMAT Jan Perlich TU München, Physik-Department LS E13, James-Franck-Str. 1, D-85747 Garching Mine Memesa Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz Prof. Dr. J.S. GutmannSebastian Nett Yajun Cheng PD Dr. P. Müller-Buschbaum
Ultra-thin films Spin coating Calcination Ordered crystallites Basic materials (before SPP1181) Micelles in solution AmphiphilicPS-b-PEO + Sol-gel chemistry Titan(IV)oxid sol-gel precursor Ternary phase diagram Goal: Intelligent, nanostructured materials • Use of functional inorganic materials • TiO2 (crystalline) photocatalysis photovoltaic Y.-J. Cheng, J. S. Gutmann, JACS, 128, 4658 (2006).
Properties of prototype solar cells PHT= regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Dye = cis-(SCN)2 bis (2,2’ bipyridyl-4,4 -dicarboxylate) ruthenium(II) PS-b-PEO and PMMA-b-PEO as amphiphilic block-copolymers PMMA-b-PEO (24k/18k) ~ 50nm particles PS-b-PEO (19k/6k)~ 20nm particles
Goal: Integrated self-encapsulation Central problem: Quality of barrier layer Can we improve or replace the blocking layer? • Yes, use different polymer!
How do we test our integrated approach? 1.) Pre-test with „conventional“ nanoparticles • Covering of “conventional” titania nanoparticles with PDMS • Subsequent etching 2.) Synthesize a suitable PDMS block copolymer
Plasma etching of PDMS covered nanoparticles w/ nanoparticles 3 min 45 sec 7 min 30 sec w/o nanoparticles 15 min
Photoluminescence of titania nanoparticles 398nm,470nm- self-trapped excitons localized on TiO6 octahedra 431nm- surface defects Considerable increase in the intensity of the peak after etching.
Characterization of Samples • Methods Extracted Information • X-Ray Reflection (XRR) Film thickness • Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Morphology (real space) • Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Topography (real space) • Grazing Incidence Small Angle Morphology • X-Ray Scattering (GISAXS) (reciprocal space) Further Options: SAXS, GIUSAXS, NR & SANS UV/Vis Spectroscopy, Photoluminescence (PL) Synchrotron beamline BW4, DESY HASYLAB Microfocussed beam size 30 x 60 m2 Wavelength = 0.138 nm Sample detector distance d 2 m Incidence angle i 0.7 deg
Scattering under grazing incidence GISAXS • Non-desctructive structural probe • NO special sample preparation required • Yields excellent sampling statistics Averages over macroscopic regions to provide information on nanometer scale • Sensitive to surfaces and selective to materials • investigation of structures in the m- to nm-scale • Extracts information about: object geometry, size distributions & spatial correlations
GISAXS of nanocomposite films Before calcination Detector scans Horizontal cuts c (PEO) Horizontal cuts c (TiO2) Ordered clustered nanoparticles Calcination After calcination Further ordering of nanoparticles
Substrates w/ ordered nanoscale roughness Detector scans Horizontal cuts c (TiO2) Horizontal cuts c (TiO2) ITO w/o film ITO w/ film Glass w/film Glass w/o film ITO glass AFM: bare ITO AFM: ITO w/ film SEM: bare ITO
GISAXS of plasma etched samples Detector scans Horizontal cuts c (PDMS) Horizontal cuts c (TiO2) I: O2 plasma etch, 15 min (Si/PDMS(TiO2) II: O2 plasma etch, 3:45 min (Si/PDMS(TiO2)) III:IV after calcination IV: as prepared (Si/PS-b-PEO(TiO2)) IV III II I
Data treatment & simulation Vertical & horizontal cuts from measured 3D data Mathematical model 2D fit of horizontal cuts Physical model Input of extracted parameters of mathematical fit 2D fit and 3D simulation of scattering pattern Fixed resolution peak 2. Structure peak 1. Structure peak
Results of GISAXS • Successful preparation of desired morphologies of ordered nano- composite films establishment of preparation • Working PDMS plasma etch process Pre-test accomplished • Calcination induces further ordering • GISAXS investigation of ordered nanocomposite films on substrates with ordered nanoscale roughness • AFM & SEM results are in good agreement with GISAXS
Crown ether PDMS did NOT grow in desired extent in THF PDMS synthesis: PDMS-b-PEO Synthetic approaches in literature • Coupling via hydrosilylation (Hüsing, Mascos) • good yield for low molecular weights (Mw) • for suitably high Mw: Yield ~ 2-5% (due to cleaning) • Sequential polymerization in presence of crown ethers (Meier)
Own approach: Coupling of anionic polymerization and ATRP • Anionic polymerization of PDMS stopped by • Polymerization of PBMA carried out by ATRP • THF, RT, CuBr and ligand We have block with presence of homopolymers.
HPLC graphs of PDMS-b-PBMA Light scattering measurement UV measurement
Better attachment of ATRP initiator L. Bes, K. Huan, E. Khoshdel, M.J. Lowe, C. F. McConville, D.M. Haddleton, Eur. Poly. J. 39, 5-13 (2003) • ABA triblock copolymers synthesized with different molecular weights • Next step: Attachment of ATRP initiator by esterification of a carbinol group at the end of PDMS with 2-bromo-iso-butyryl bromide • Then PMMA polymerization by ATRP
THF PDMS-CNO and PEO-OH 1. 2. 3. No block! THF, 35°C Catalyst: dibutyltin dilaurate THF, reflux K. Kim, K. E. Plass, A. J. Matzger JACS, 127, 4879 (2005)
Results of synthesis • Desired block hard to be synthesized with shown approaches • Coupling with reactive end remains problematic • Preferred route: Coupling of anionic with ATRP Different topologies (bottle brush)
Outlook Characterization Setting up process cell GISAXS in-situ investigation of templated hybrid films Reinforced simulation Synthesis PDMS-b-PEO by coupling of end groups (catalyst) PDMS-b-PHEMA by attachment of ATRP initiator Material PDMS barrier layer properties (characterization) Optimized etch conditions & applied substrate materials Network GISAXS for other projects sharing resources Developing new ideas