title: Linked crystallites in the conducting topmost layer of polymer bilayer films controlled by temperature: from micro- to nanocrystallites.
abstract: Temperature has great impact on the structure and size of the linked crystallites of the conducting topmost layer formed at the surface of a polycarbonate film via the reaction BEDT-TTF+IBr [BEDT-TTF=bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene]. We show that fine temperature control permits formation of a semiconducting topmost layer of alpha'-(BEDT-TTF)(2)(I(x)Br(1-x))(3) crystallites with either micro- or nanometre size, a result that opens a route to miniaturized conducting plastic materials.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC), Campus UAB E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain. laukhina@icmab.es
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Laukhina
authors.forename: Vladislava
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tkacheva
authors.forename: Salavat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khasanov
authors.forename: Leokadia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zorina
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez-Segura
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pérez del Pino
authors.forename: Jaume
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Veciana
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Laukhin
authors.forename: Concepció
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rovira
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: C472948:BEDT-TTF; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011108:Polymers; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds