2012

B. Gieseking, B. Jäck, E. Preis, S. Jung, M. Forster, U. Scherf, C. Deibel, V. Dyakonov:
Excitation dynamics in low band gap donor-acceptor copolymers and blends
Adv. Energy Mater., 2, 1477 (2012).

T. Ameri, J. Min, N. Li, F. Machui, D. Baran, M. Forster, K. J. Schottler, D. Dolfen, U. Scherf, C .J. Brabec:
Performance enhancement of the P3HT/PCBM solar cells through NIR sensitization using a small-bandgap polymer
Adv. Energy Mater., 2, 1198 (2012).

L. Liu, A. Patra, U. Scherf, T. Kissel:
Polyfluorene nanoparticles coated with folate-functionalized triblock copolymer: Effective agents for targeted cell imaging
Macromol. Biosci,. 12, 1384 (2012).

R. C. Evans, M. Knaaplila, N. Willis-Fox, M. Kraft, A. Terry, H. D. Burrows, U. Scherf:
Cationic polythiophene-surfactant self-assembly complexes: Phase transitions, optical response, and sensing
Langmuir, 28, 12348 (2012).

D. Dolfen, K. J. Schottler, U. Scherf:
Polyelectrolytes with main-chain perylene units
Macromol. Rapid Commun., 32, 1542 (2012).

A. Patra, U. Scherf:
Fluorescent microporous organic polymers:Potential testbed for optical applications
Chem.- Eur. J., 18, 10074 (2012).

S. T. Salammal, E. Mikayelyan, S. Grigorian, U. Pietsch, N. Koenen, U. Scherf, N. Kayunkid, M. Brinkmann:
Impact of thermal annealing on the semicrystalline nanomorphology of spin-coated thin films of regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophene)s as observed by high resolution transmission electron microscopy and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction
Macromolecules, 45, 5575 (2012).

R. Trautz, E. Da Como, T. Limmer, J. Feldmann, H. J. Egelhaaf, E. von Hauff, V. Lemaur, D. Bejonne, S. Yilmaz, I. Dumsch, S. Allard, U. Scherf:
Structural correlations in the generation of polaron pairs in low-bandgap polymers for photovoltaics
Nature Commun., 3, 970 (2012).

A. Gutacker, C. Y. Lin, L. Ying, T. Q. Nguyen, U. Scherf, G. C. Bazan:
Cationic polyfluorene-b-neutral polyfluorene "rod-rod" diblock copolymers
Macromolecules, 45, 4441 (2012).

J. Frisch, M. Schubert, E. Preis, J. P. Rabe, D. Neher, U. Scherf, N. Koch:
Full electronic structure across a polymer heterojunction solar cell
J. Mater. Chem., 22, 4418 (2012).

S. Bange, U. Scherf, J. M. Lupton:
Absence of singlet fission and carrier multiplication in a model conjugated polymer: Tracking the triplet population through phosphorescence
J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 134, 1946 (2012).

T. S. Shabi, S. Grigorian, M. Brinkmann, U. Pietsch, N. Koenen, N. Kayunkid, U. Scherf:
Enhancement in crystallinity of poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin films prepared by low-temperature drop casting
J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 125, 2335 (2012).

S. Kowalski, S. Allard, U. Scherf:
Synthesis of poly(4,4-dialkyl-cyclopenta(2,1-b : 3,4b’) dithiophene-alt-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole) (PCPDTBT) in a direct arylation scheme
ACS Macro Letters 1, 465 (2012).

A. T. Marques, S. M. A. Pinto, C. J. P. Monteiro, J. S. Seixas de Melo, H. D. Burrows, U. Scherf, M. J. F. Calvete, M. M. Pereira:
Energy transfer from fluorene-based conjugated polyelectrolytes to on-chain and self-assembled porphyrin units
J. Polym. Sci. A, 50, 1408 (2012).

M. Schubert, D. Dolfen, J. Frisch, S. Roland, R. Steyrleuthner, B. Stiller, Z. Chen, U. Scherf, N. Koch, A. Facchetti, D. Neher:
Influence of aggregation on the performance of all-polymer solar cells containing low-bandgap naphthalenediimide copolymers
Adv. Energy Mater.. 3, 369 (2012).

S. Albrecht, W. Schindler, J. Kurpiers, J. Kniepert, J.C. Blakesley, I. Dumsch, S. Allard, K. Fostiropoulos, U. Scherf, D. Neher:
On the field dependence of free charge carrier generation and recombination in bends of PCPDTBT/PC70BM: Influence of solvent additives
J. Phys. Chem. Letters 3, 640 (2012).

U. Aygül, D. Batchelor, U. Dettinger, S. Yilmaz, S. Allard, U. Scherf, H. Peisert, T. Chassé:
Molecular orientation in polymer films for organic solar cells studied by NEXAFS
J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 4870 (2012).

S. Albrecht, S. Schäfer, I. Lange, S. Yilmaz, I. Dumsch, S. Allard, U. Scherf, A. Hertwig, D. Neher:
Light management in PCPDTBT:PC70BM solar cells: A comparison of standard and inverted device structures
Org. Electronics, 13, 615 (2012).

C. Scharsich, R.H. Lohwasser, M. Sommer, U. Asawapirom, U. Scherf, M. Thelakkat, D. Neher, A. Köhler:
Control of aggregate formation in poly(3-hexylthiophene) by solvent molecular weight, and synthetic method
J. Polym. Sci. B, 50, 442 (2012).

D. Celik, M. Krüger, C. Veit, H.F. Schleiermacher, B. Zimmermann, S. Allard, I. Dumsch, U. Scherf, F. Rauscher, P. Niyamakom:
Performance enhancement of CdSe nanorod-polymer based hybrid solar cells utilizing a novel combination of post-synthetic nanoparticle surface treatments
Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 98, 433 (2012).

C. Schwarz, H. Bässler, I. Bauer, J.M. Koenen, E. Preis, U. Scherf, A. Köhler:
Does conjugation help exciton dissociation? A study on poly(p-phenylene)s in planar heterojunctions with C60 or TNF
Adv. Mater., 24, 922 (2012).

U. Scherf, H. Tian:
Organic electronics/optics: For an energetic life
Adv. Mater., 24, 576 (2012).

J. M. Koenen, S. Jung, A. Patra, A. Helfer, U. Scherf:
Dye-terminated, hyperbranched polytruxenes and polytruxene-block-polythiophene multiblock copolymers made in an "AB2+A" approach
Adv. Mater., 24, 681 (2012).

K. F. Jeltsch, M. Schädel, J. B. Bonekamp, P. Niyamakom, F. Rauscher, H. W. A. Lademann, I. Dumsch, S. Allard, U. Scherf, K. Meerholz:
Efficiency enhanced hybrid solar cells using a blend of quantum dots and nanorods
Adv. Mater., 24, 576 (2012).

A. Banerji, M. Tausch, U. Scherf:
Fantasic plastic
Chemkon, 19, 7 (2012).

L. Martelo, A. Jiménez, A. J. M. Valente, H. D. Burrows, A. Marques, M. Forster, U. Scherf, M. Peltzer, S. M. Fonseca:
Incorporation of polyfluorenes into poly(lactic acid) films for sensor and optoelectonics applications
Polym. Int., 61, 1023, (2012).

H. Marciniak, M. Teicher, U. Scherf, S. Trost, T. Riedl, M. Lehnhardt, T. Rabe, W. Kowalsky, S. Lochbrunner:
Photoexcitation dynamics in polyfluorene-based thin films: Energy transfer and amplified spontaneous emission
Phys. Rev. B, 85, 214204, (2012).

A. T. Marques, H. D. Burrows, J. S. Seixas de Melo, A. Valente, L. Justino, U. Scherf, E. Fron, S. Rocha, J. Hofkens, E. Snedden, A. P. Monkman:
Spectroscopic properties, excitation, and electron transfer in an anionic water-soluble poly(fluorene-alt-phenylene)-perylendediimide copolymer
J. Phys. Chem. B, 116, 7548, (2012).