Magnetic alignment of fullerene-containing gel fibers

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The magnetic field-driven alignment of a photoconductive gel formed by an alkylated fullerene-C60 in n-alkanes will be studied. These could find application in next-generation molecular organic electronic devices; aligning the fibres may yield a more extensive assembly with fewer defects. Contrast variation small-angle neutron scattering (CV-SANS) experiments will quantify the extent of alignment (via azimuthal integration of the 2D detector output at fixed Q) with respect to field strength under different contrast conditions, while time-resolved experiments will probe the mechanism of formation in the magnetic field. Only with CV-SANS can the contributions from the alkyl and C60 parts to the overall structure be properly separated, allowing for an uncomplicated visualisation of the gel alignment that is not accessible by other means.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.67774277
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/67774277
Provenance
Creator Mr Ashleigh Danks; Mr Erik Jellyman; Dr Anders Pettersson; Dr Zoe Schnepp; Dr Martin Hollamby; Dr Sarah Rogers; Professor Elizabeth Blackburn; Dr Alexander Holmes
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-11-30T09:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-12-04T09:00:00Z