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Abstract
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The delicacy and connectivity of conductive patterns developed via poly[benzodithiophene-bis(decyltetradecylthien)
naphthothiadiazole] (PBDT-DTNT) and poly[bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)benzodithiophene-bis(decyltetradecylthien)
naphthobisthiadiazole] (PBDT-TIPS-DTNT-DT) polymers were investigated on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets. The
principal driving force for assembly of PBDT-DTNT and PBDT-TIPS-DTNT-DT chains onto the rGO nanosheets was �-stacking.
In contrast to poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), the surface modification of rGO limited the self-assembly of PBDT-DTNT and
PBDT-TIPS-DTNT-DT complicated polymers. The structure of PBDT-DTNT and PBDT-TIPS-DTNT-DT chains having fused and
infused thiophenic and benzenic rings hindered their molecular ordering compared to P3HT, and therefore the selected
area electron diffraction plots demonstrated rings instead of isolated growth planes. Although 2-thiophene acetic acid (TAA)
functional groups and poly(3-dodecylthiophene) (PDDT) grafted onto rGO nanosheets did not alter the stacking type of the
complicated polymers, it made their attachment more difficult. The thickness of �-stacked patterns ranged from 55 to 70 nm.
In the modified areas of rGO, the PBDT-DTNT and PBDT-TIPS-DTNT-DT chains were not capable of being deposited with a
�-interaction. Hence, the surface modification agents prevented the complicated polymers from interconnectedly assembling
and, consequently, constructing longer and larger patterns. This hindrance was more noticeable for the supramolecules based
on grafted rGO (rGO-g-PDDT) and PBDT-TIPS-DTNT-DT. The conductivity of PBDT-DTNT/rGO superstructures was the highest
(14.61–14.89 S cm−1). The patterned nanohybrids could be considered as potential super-materials for morphology-templating
in the active layers of organic–inorganic photovoltaics.
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