Authors
Zhaofan Li, Yang Wang, Guorong Ma, Yangchao Liao, Xiaodan Gu, Wenjie Xia
Publication date
2024/4/1
Journal
Journal of Polymer Science
Volume
62
Issue
7
Pages
1296-1309
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Description
Conjugated polymers (CPs), characterized by rigid conjugation backbones and flexible peripheral side chains, hold significant promise in various organic optoelectronic applications. In this study, we employ coarse‐grained molecular dynamics (CG‐MD) simulations to investigate the intricate interplay of solvent quality, temperature, and chain architecture (e.g., side‐chain length and molecular mass) on the conformational behaviors of CPs in dilute solutions. Our research uncovers distinctive conformational behaviors under varying solvent conditions, highlighting the versatile nature of polymer chains, which can adopt extended configurations in good solvents and transition to aggregated states in poor solvents. Additionally, the mass scaling exponent , a robust structural descriptor, consistently described CPs behavior across diverse architectures and solvent conditions. Furthermore, our study shows that a CP with …
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