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| Author(s): |
Oriana Ines Avila Salas
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2018-07-12 |
| Examining board members: |
Cleber Renato Mendonça;
Cid Bartolomeu de Araújo;
Andréa Simone Stucchi de Camargo Alvarez Bernardez;
Ricardo Elgul Samad;
Marcelo Gonçalves Vivas
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| Advisor: | Cleber Renato Mendonça |
| Abstract | |
Poly(p-phenylenevinylene), or PPV, is a polymer of great technological relevance due to its electroluminescent properties, which have been exploited in organic light emitting diodes, flexible displays and other optoelectronic devices. Although PPV is a material of foremost importance for many applications, its synthesis at the nano/micro scale cannot be achieved through the standard method that uses heating of a precursor polymer poly(xylene tetrahydrothiophenium chloride)(PTHT). This work demonstrates the use of direct laser writing with femtosecond pulses to obtain the synthesis of PPV in pre-determined regions, by applying three different approaches, allowing the precise fabrication of complex polymeric microcircuits, (i) in the first approach the conversion process is achieved by irradiating PTHT films with ultra-short laser pulses in previously determined regions, which leads to the spatial control of PPV formation at microscale, (ii) in the second approach, three-dimensional microstructures doped with PTHT were photopolymerized by two photons absorption. The conversion of PTHT to PPV in these doped microstructures was obtained by a subsequent thermal treatment, (iii) in the third approach, laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) with femtosecond pulses enables the controlled deposition of PPV with high spatial resolution, providing 2D micropatterns, while preserving its structure and optical properties. The structures were characterized by scanning electron, fluorescence, transmission and confocal fluorescence microscopies. Their optical properties were analyzed by micro-photoluminescence and micro-absorption setups assembled on an inverted microscope. Raman spectroscopy, electrical measurements and atomic force microscopy were also performed. This thesis shows the use of fs-laser writing methods for the synthesis of PPV in pre-determined regions, to fabricate a variety of microdevices, thus opening new avenues in polymer-based optoelectronics. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/20884-0 - Optical and electrical active microstructures fabricated by femtosecond laser pulses |
| Grantee: | Oriana Inés Avila Salas |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |