Data set underpinning article titled "Will it blend? Exploring the viscoelastic characteristics of P3HT-polyborosiloxane blends towards flexible electronic materials"

Organic semiconducting polymers blended into elastomeric materials has shown to be a successful method for improving flexibility designed for wearable electronics. One such elastomer that has not been readily explored in combination with an organic semiconducting polymer is polyborosiloxane (PBS). PBS shows remarkable viscoelastomeric properties, due to the borate ester groups that crosslink the siloxane backbones, demonstrating a dynamic covalent crosslinking mechanism. The detailed study presented here showcases the properties of two different PBS elastomers and the effect of blending a well-known organic semiconducting polymer, poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT). Compatibility studies find that one elastomer blends more favourably than the other due to differences in the crosslinking density leading to the formation of P3HT crystallites within the blend. The viscoelastic properties of the PBS:P3HT blends are studied through detailed rheological experiments and the relaxation processes are discussed.

将有机半导体聚合物与弹性材料相混合，已被证实为提升可穿戴电子产品柔韧性的有效方法。在有机半导体聚合物与弹性材料结合的研究中，尚未充分探索的一种弹性体是聚硼硅氧烷（PBS）。由于硼酸酯基团能够交联硅氧烷主链，PBS展现出卓越的粘弹性行为，这体现了动态共价交联机制。本研究详细展示了两种不同PBS弹性体的特性，以及与一种知名有机半导体聚合物聚（3-己基噻吩）（P3HT）混合的效果。兼容性研究表明，由于交联密度差异导致混合物中形成P3HT晶体，一种弹性体比另一种更易于混合。通过对PBS:P3HT混合物的粘弹性行为进行详细的流变学实验，并讨论了其松弛过程。