Block copolymer electrolytes for lithium metal batteries: Strategies to boost both ionic conductivity and mechanical strength

T Wang, L Zhong, M Xiao, D Han, S Wang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanically hard phase and ionically conductive phase endow suitably designed
block copolymer electrolytes (BCPEs) with the “Janus” property, thus providing the …

Control of Phase Morphology of Binary Polymer Grafted Nanoparticle Blend Films via Direct Immersion Annealing

W Wu, M Singh, A Masud, X Wang, A Nallapaneni… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
While the phase separation of binary mixtures of chemically different polymer-grafted
nanoparticles (PGNPs) is observed to superficially resemble conventional polymer blends …

Electrochemical performance of grown layer of Ni (OH) 2 on nickel foam and treatment with phosphide and selenide for efficient water splitting

M Ahmed, MN Lakhan, AH Shar, I Zehra… - Journal of the Indian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Active nanocomposites synthesized by the electrochemical approach play a vital role in
energy generation, conversion, and storage technologies. Recently, scientists began to …

Soft-Shear-Aligned Vertically Oriented Lamellar Block Copolymers for Template-Free Sub-10 nm Patterning and Hybrid Nanostructures

M Singh, A Agrawal, W Wu, A Masud… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The template-free unidirectional alignment of lamellar block copolymers (l-BCPs) for sub-10
nm high-resolution patterning and hybrid multicomponent nanostructures is important for …

Solvent processing and ionic liquid-enabled long-range vertical ordering in block copolymer films with enhanced film stability

A Masud, W Wu, M Singh, W Tonny, A Ammar… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Rapid and reliable processing methods for forming ordered block copolymer (BCP)
materials with low defect density in a thin film geometry are required for many …

Hiking down the Free Energy Landscape Using Sequential Solvent and Thermal Processing for Versatile Ordering of Block Copolymer Films

K Sharma, A Agrawal, A Masud, SK Satija… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The kinetics and morphology of the ordering of block copolymer (BCP) films are highly
dependent on the processing pathway, as the enthalpic and entropic forces driving the …

Transient Interfacial Pattern Formation in Block Copolymer Thin Films via Sequential Thermal and Solvent Immersion Annealing

K Sharma, M Singh, SK Satija, JF Ankner… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A variety of structures encountered in nature only arise in materials under highly
nonequilibrium conditions, suggesting to us that the scope for creating new functional block …

Ionic liquid mediated one-step perpendicular assembly in block copolymer thin films for ultrafiltration membrane applications

K Sharma, KB Shaik, M Singh, T Terlier, A Coffey… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid rise of oil and gas, petrochemical, food processing, and pharmaceutical industries
has added a complex mixture of contaminants like oil, particulates, metals, and other organic …

Facile Entropy-Driven Segregation of Imprinted Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Brush Blends by Solvent Vapor Annealing Soft Lithography

W Wu, M Singh, Y Zhai, A Masud… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymer-grafted nanoparticles (PGNPs) have attracted extensive research interest due to
their potential for enhancing mechanical and electrical properties of both bulk polymer …

Late stage domain coarsening dynamics of lamellar block copolymers

M Singh, W Wu, V Nuka, J Strzalka, JF Douglas… - ACS Macro …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Block copolymer (BCP) phase separation dynamics can be expected to differ significantly
from that of the polymer blends due to the constraint of chain connectivity. BCP phase …