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A closer look at polymer annealing

Solvent vapour annealing processes are used to optimize the material properties of thin films of semiconducting polymers used in electronic devices. One such process has now been examined at the molecular level.

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Figure 1: Monitoring single polymeric chains.

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Fu, Y., Lakowicz, J. A closer look at polymer annealing. Nature 472, 178–179 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/472178a

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