Room-temperature organic ferromagnetism in the crystalline poly(3-hexylthiophene): Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester blend film

Authors

Bin Yang, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
Zhengguo Xiao, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
Yongbo Yuan, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
Tanjore V. Jayaraman, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Jeffrey E. Shield, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Ralph Skomski, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Jinsong Huang, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1-24-2013

Citation

Published in Polymer 54:2 (January 24, 2013), pp. 490–494; doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2012.12.024

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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. Used by permission.

Abstract

Pronounced ferromagnetism was observed in a crystalline blend film of conjugated polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) by using magnetic force microscopy measurements. A substantial room-temperature saturation magnetization of about 0.65 emu g−1 was measured by an alternating gradient field magnetometer. Multiple experimental evidences demonstrate the charge transfer from the P3HT to the PCBM and the formation of P3HT crystal domain are expected to be two critical factors for the originals of room-temperature organic ferromagnetism.