Science Daily  June 9, 2023 Researchers in South Korea investigated the effects of an azide photocrosslinker’s molecular length and structure on the microstructural, electrical features, and stretchability of photocrosslinked conjugated polymer films. For a systematic comparison, they synthesized a series of nitrene-induced photocrosslinkers (n-NIPSs) with different numbers of ethylene glycol repeating units (n = 1, 4, 8, 13) that bridge two tetrafluoro-aryl azide end groups. Two semicrystalline conjugated polymers and two nearly amorphous conjugated polymers were co-processed with n-NIPSs and crosslinked by brief exposure to UV light. They found that among the synthesized n-NIPSs, the shortest one (1-NIPS) is the […]