화학공학소재연구정보센터
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.26, No.3, 172-176, 2005
Organic crystal rings formed in template polymer pores by evaporation of solvent
The fabrication of organic crystals into useful forms might play an important role in future electronics technology. A method for fabricating organic crystal rings has been developed. The self-assembly of six-armed poly(methyl methacrylate) with a triphenylene core leads to the formation of pores homogeneously distributed in the polymer film. Because the solubility of this polymer in tetrahydrofuran (THF) is lower than that of 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexamethacrylate triphenylene (HMTP), the holes initially formed and distributed in the polymer film are filled with a THF solution of HMTP. Crystallization nucleation occurs at the edge of holes and HMPT crystals grow at the contact line to form organic crystal rings.