Learning from “coffee rings”: ordered structures enabled by controlled evaporative self‐assembly

W Han, Z Lin - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Research into the evaporation of solutions is not only aimed at a better understanding the
physics of evaporation, but increasingly at capitalizing on the extremely simple method it …

A comprehensive review on poly (3-alkylthiophene)-based crystalline structures, protocols and electronic applications

S Agbolaghi, S Zenoozi - Organic Electronics, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (3-alkylthiophenes)(P3ATs) particularly poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) have
vigorous tendency to crystallize into the ordered morphologies, thereby reflect the efficient …

Hierarchical superhydrophobic surfaces fabricated by dual‐scale electron‐beam‐lithography with well‐ordered secondary nanostructures

J Feng, MT Tuominen… - Advanced Functional …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies on superhydrophobic surfaces have revealed the important roles of structural
hierarchy in the overall properties of these surfaces. Here, a novel, versatile, and efficient …

Evaporation of sessile droplets laden with particles and insoluble surfactants

G Karapetsas, KC Sahu, OK Matar - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
We consider the flow dynamics of a thin evaporating droplet in the presence of an insoluble
surfactant and noninteracting particles in the bulk. On the basis of lubrication theory, we …

Highly Crystalline C8‐BTBT Thin‐Film Transistors by Lateral Homo‐Epitaxial Growth on Printed Templates

R Janneck, N Pilet, SP Bommanaboyena… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Highly crystalline thin films of organic semiconductors offer great potential for fundamental
material studies as well as for realizing high‐performance, low‐cost flexible electronics. The …

Self-assembly of all-conjugated poly (3-alkylthiophene) diblock copolymer nanostructures from mixed selective solvents

M He, L Zhao, J Wang, W Han, Y Yang, F Qiu, Z Lin - Acs Nano, 2010 - ACS Publications
The use of mixed selective solvents provides an effective means to control self-assembly of
the all-conjugated diblock copolymer poly (3-butylthiophene)-b-poly (3-hexylthiophene) …

Crafting semiconductor organic− inorganic nanocomposites via placing conjugated polymers in intimate contact with nanocrystals for hybrid solar cells

L Zhao, Z Lin - Advanced Materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor organic− inorganic hybrid solar cells incorporating conjugated polymers
(CPs) and nanocrystals (NCs) offer the potential to deliver efficient energy conversion with …

Review on Crystallization Strategies for Polymer Single Crystals

T Wu, J Xu, H Ye - Crystals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Polymer physics has evolved significantly over the past century, transitioning from the early
recognition of the chain structure of polymers to a mature field integrating principles from …

Drying-mediated assembly of colloidal nanoparticles into large-scale microchannels

W Han, B Li, Z Lin - ACS nano, 2013 - ACS Publications
Large-scale highly ordered microchannels were spontaneously and rapidly created by
simply drying the colloidal nanoparticle suspension on a rigid substrate. Interestingly, free …

All-conjugated poly (3-alkylthiophene) diblock copolymer-based bulk heterojunction solar cells with controlled molecular organization and nanoscale morphology

M He, W Han, J Ge, Y Yang, F Qiu, Z Lin - Energy & Environmental …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Control over the ratio of two blocks in a new class of all-conjugated diblock copolymers, poly
(3-butylthiophene)-b-poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3BHT), provides a facile approach to …