title: Controllable processes for generating large single crystals of poly(3-hexylthiophene).
abstract: Sowing the seeds: A simple strategy based on self-seeding allows large single crystals of long regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) chains to be grown from solution. When appropriately crystallized, materials differing in their degrees of regioregularity and molecular weights formed monoclinic form II crystals with interdigitated hexyl side groups (see picture).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herderstrasse 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Khosrow
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rahimi
authors.forename: Ioan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Botiz
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stingelin
authors.forename: Navaphun
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kayunkid
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: Felix Peter Vinzenz
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Ha
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Coulembier
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brinkmann
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reiter
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D008958:Models, Molecular; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D013876:Thiophenes; C507295:poly(3-hexylthiophene)