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Nanoscale

Mapping the 3D distribution of CdSe nanocrystals in highly oriented and nanostructured hybrid P3HT–CdSe films grown by directional epitaxial crystallization†

L. Roiban,a   L. Hartmann,bc   A. Fiore,c   D. Djurado,c   F. Chandezon,c   P. Reiss,c   J.-F. Legrand,b   S. Doyle,d   M. Brinkmannb  and  O. Ersen*a  

* Corresponding authors

a IPCMS (UMR 7504 CNRS – Université de Strasbourg), 23 rue du Loess, BP 43, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
E-mail: ovidiu.ersen@ipcms.unistra.fr

b ICS (UPR22-CNRS), 23 rue du Loess, BP 84047, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France

c DSM/INAC/SPrAM (UMR CEA-CNRS-UJF 5819), CEA Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble Cedex, France

d Institut für Synchrotronstrahlung (ISS), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Abstract

Highly oriented and nanostructured hybrid thin films made of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and colloidal CdSe nanocrystals are prepared by a zone melting method using epitaxial growth on 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene oriented crystals. The structure of the films has been analyzed by X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation, electron diffraction and 3D electron tomography to afford a multi-scale structural and morphological description of the highly structured hybrid films. A quantitative analysis of the reconstructed volumes based on electron tomography is used to establish a 3D map of the distribution of the CdSe nanocrystals in the bulk of the films. In particular, the influence of the P3HT–CdSe ratio on the 3D structure of the hybrid layers has been analyzed. In all cases, a bi-layer structure was observed. It is made of a first layer of pure oriented semi-crystalline P3HT grown epitaxially on the TCB substrate and a second P3HT layer containing CdSe nanocrystals uniformly distributed in the amorphous interlamellar zones of the polymer. The thickness of the P3HT layer containing CdSe nanoparticles increases gradually with increasing content of NCs in the films. A growth model is proposed to explain this original transversal organization of CdSe NCs in the oriented matrix of P3HT.

Graphical abstract: Mapping the 3D distribution of CdSe nanocrystals in highly oriented and nanostructured hybrid P3HT–CdSe films grown by directional epitaxial crystallization

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2NR32071A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Jul 2012
Accepted
06 Sep 2012
First published
17 Sep 2012

Nanoscale, 2012,4, 7212-7220

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Mapping the 3D distribution of CdSe nanocrystals in highly oriented and nanostructured hybrid P3HT–CdSe films grown by directional epitaxial crystallization

L. Roiban, L. Hartmann, A. Fiore, D. Djurado, F. Chandezon, P. Reiss, J.-F. Legrand, S. Doyle, M. Brinkmann and O. Ersen, Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 7212 DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32071A

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