Directed self-assembly of block copolymers: a tutorial review of strategies for enabling nanotechnology with soft matter

H Hu, M Gopinadhan, CO Osuji - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly of soft materials is broadly considered an attractive means of generating
nanoscale structures and patterns over large areas. However, the spontaneous formation of …

Challenges and issues facing lithium metal for solid-state rechargeable batteries

A Mauger, M Armand, CM Julien, K Zaghib - Journal of Power Sources, 2017 - Elsevier
The commercial use of lithium metal batteries was delayed because of dendrite formation on
the surface of the lithium electrode, and the difficulty finding a suitable electrolyte that has …

Block copolymer electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries

WS Young, WF Kuan, TH Epps III - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ion‐conducting block copolymers (BCPs) have attracted significant interest as conducting
materials in solid‐state lithium batteries. BCP self‐assembly offers promise for designing …

Nanomanufacturing: a perspective

JA Liddle, GM Gallatin - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nanomanufacturing, the commercially scalable and economically sustainable mass
production of nanoscale materials and devices, represents the tangible outcome of the …

3D printing of supramolecular polymer hydrogels with hierarchical structure

NA Sather, H Sai, IR Sasselli, K Sato, W Ji… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystalline hydrogels are an attractive class of soft materials to direct charge transport,
mechanical actuation, and cell migration. When such systems contain supramolecular …

Scalable fabrication of polymer membranes with vertically aligned 1 nm pores by magnetic field directed self-assembly

X Feng, ME Tousley, MG Cowan, BR Wiesenauer… - Acs Nano, 2014 - ACS Publications
There is long-standing interest in developing membranes possessing uniform pores with
dimensions in the range of 1 nm and physical continuity in the macroscopic transport …

How does nanoscale crystalline structure affect ion transport in solid polymer electrolytes?

S Cheng, DM Smith, CY Li - Macromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
Polymer electrolytes have attracted intensive attention due to their potential applications in
all-solid-state lithium batteries. Ion conduction in this system is generally considered to be …

Diffusion in lamellae, cylinders, and double gyroid block copolymer nanostructures

KH Shen, JR Brown, LM Hall - ACS Macro Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
We study transport of penetrants through nanoscale morphologies motivated by common
block copolymer morphologies, using confined random walks and coarse-grained …

Highly selective vertically aligned nanopores in sustainably derived polymer membranes by molecular templating

X Feng, K Kawabata, G Kaufman, M Elimelech… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We describe a combination of molecular templating and directed self-assembly to realize
highly selective vertically aligned nanopores in polymer membranes using sustainably …

Role of defects in ion transport in block copolymer electrolytes

Y Kambe, CG Arges, DA Czaplewski, M Dolejsi… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Ion conducting block copolymers can overcome traditional limitations of homopolymer
electrolytes by phase separating into nanoarchitectures that can be simultaneously …