Frank–Kasper phases in block polymers

KD Dorfman - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
The discovery of the Frank–Kasper σ phase in diblock copolymer and tetrablock terpolymer
melts catalyzed a renewed interest over the past decade in understanding particle-forming …

Gyroid Liquid Crystals as Quasi-Solid-State Electrolytes Toward Ultrastable Zinc Batteries

L Su, F Lu, Y Li, Y Wang, X Li, L Zheng, X Gao - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
The potential for optimizing ion transport through triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS)
structures renders promising electrochemical applications. In this study, as a proof-of …

Complex phase behavior in particle-forming AB/AB′ diblock copolymer blends with variable core block lengths

AP Lindsay, GK Cheong, AJ Peterson… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, a wealth of complexity has been reported in the packing of
compositionally asymmetric, particle-forming diblock copolymer melts, beginning with the …

Enhancing ion transport in charged block copolymers by stabilizing low symmetry morphology: Electrostatic control of interfaces

J Min, HY Jung, S Jeong, B Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Recently, the interest in charged polymers has been rapidly growing due to their uses in
energy storage and transfer devices. Yet, polymer electrolyte-based devices are not on the …

Percolated ionic aggregate morphologies and decoupled ion transport in precise sulfonated polymers synthesized by ring-opening metathesis polymerization

BA Paren, BA Thurston, WJ Neary, A Kendrick… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We describe a set of precise single-ion conducting polymers that form self-assembled
percolated ionic aggregates in glassy polymer matrices and have decoupled transport of …

Precisely Constructing Superlattices of Soft Giant Molecules via Regulating Volume Asymmetry

H Lei, XY Liu, Y Wang, XH Li, XY Yan… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Soft matters, particularly giant molecular self-assembly, have successfully replicated
complex structures previously exclusive to metal alloys. These superlattices are constructed …

Tuning diblock copolymer particle packing symmetry with variable molecular weight core-homopolymers

AJ Mueller, AP Lindsay, A Jayaraman… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report the sensitivity of diblock copolymer particle packing symmetry to the ratio α= N
homo/N core, where N homo and N core are the respective homopolymer and core-block …

Superlattice engineering with chemically precise molecular building blocks

XY Yan, QY Guo, XY Liu, Y Wang, J Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Correlating nanoscale building blocks with mesoscale superlattices, mimicking metal alloys,
a rational engineering strategy becomes critical to generate designed periodicity with …

Structure–Property Relationships in Single-Ion Conducting Multiblock Copolymers: A Phase Diagram and Ionic Conductivities

J Park, A Staiger, S Mecking, KI Winey - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
We investigated the nanoscale morphologies and ionic conductivities of polyethylene-based
multiblock copolymers as single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes. These polymers …

Quasicrystals and their approximants in a crystalline–amorphous diblock copolymer

AJ Mueller, AP Lindsay, A Jayaraman, TP Lodge… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Discoveries of Frank–Kasper phases and closely related dodecagonal quasicrystals
(DDQCs) in soft, mesoscopic systems have galvanized efforts to unveil the fundamental …