[HTML][HTML] Towards high performance organic photovoltaic cells: A review of recent development in organic photovoltaics

J Yu, Y Zheng, J Huang - Polymers, 2014 - mdpi.com
Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) have been a hot topic for research during the last decade
due to their promising application in relieving energy pressure and environmental problems …

[HTML][HTML] Tailored polymer-based nanorods and nanotubes by" template synthesis": From preparation to applications

J Martín, J Maiz, J Sacristan, C Mijangos - Polymer, 2012 - Elsevier
Polymer nanotechnology allows manipulating materials microstructure, morphology and
compositional variation on the nanometer scale. Thus, it is able to provide materials for …

A review on the progress of polymer nanostructures with modulated morphologies and properties, using nanoporous AAO templates

C Mijangos, R Hernández, J Martin - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Polymers with the same chemical composition can provide different properties by reducing
the dimension or simply by altering their nanostructure. The recent literature reports …

P3HT nanopillars for organic photovoltaic devices nanoimprinted by AAO templates

D Chen, W Zhao, TP Russell - ACS nano, 2012 - ACS Publications
Free-standing nanorod arrays of poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) were fabricated on indium
tin oxide/glass substrates using anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates. The AAO …

Molecular self-assembly of one-dimensional polymer nanostructures in nanopores of anodic alumina oxide templates

H Wu, Y Higaki, A Takahara - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract One-dimensional (1-D) polymer nanostructures have attracted much attention due
to their unique properties and many potential applications in areas such as sensors …

New approach for the elucidation of PCM nanocapsules through miniemulsion polymerization with an acrylic shell

AR Shirin-Abadi, AR Mahdavian, S Khoee - Macromolecules, 2011 - ACS Publications
The aim of this study is to investigate the in situ encapsulation of n-hexadecane as a phase
change material (PCM) with a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) shell through miniemulsion …

Confinement Effects on the Crystallization of Poly (ethylene oxide) Nanotubes

J Maiz, J Martin, C Mijangos - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
In this work, we show the effects of nanoconfinement on the crystallization of poly (ethylene
oxide)(PEO) nanotubes embedded in anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) templates. The …

Improved two-step anodization technique for ordered porous anodic aluminum membranes

XY Han, WZ Shen - Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
We report on an improved two-step anodization technique through combining the first hard
anodization in C2H2O4 with the second mild anodization in H3PO4, which successfully …

Solvent‐Annealing‐Induced Nanowetting in Templates: Towards Tailored Polymer Nanostructures

JT Chen, CW Lee, MH Chi… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We study the solvent‐annealing‐induced nanowetting in templates using porous anodic
aluminum oxide membranes. The morphology of polystyrene and poly (methyl methacrylate) …

Understanding crystallization features of P (VDF-TrFE) copolymers under confinement to optimize ferroelectricity in nanostructures

MC García-Gutiérrez, A Linares, I Martín-Fabiani… - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The successful development of ferroelectric polymer devices depends on the effective
fabrication of polar ferroelectric crystalline nanostructures. We demonstrate, by scanning X …