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Uniaxial and Mixed Orientations of Poly(ethylene oxide) in Nanoporous Alumina Studied by X-ray Pole Figure Analysis

Su, Cui; Shi, Guangyu; Li, Xiaolu; Zhang, Xiuqin; Müller, Alejandro J.; Wang, Dujin; Liu, Guoming

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Uniaxial and Mixed Orientations of Poly(ethylene oxide) in Nanoporous Alumina Studied by X-ray Pole Figure Analysis

Su, Cui; Shi, Guangyu; Li, Xiaolu; Zhang, Xiuqin; Müller, Alejandro J.; Wang, Dujin; Liu, Guoming

The orientation of polymers under confinement is a basic, yet not fully understood phenomenon. In this work, the texture of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) infiltrated in nanoporous anodic alumina oxide (AAO) templates was investigated by X-ray pole figures. The influence of geometry and crystallization conditions, such as pore diameter, aspect ratio,…
Luminescent Water Dispersible Microporous Polymeric Nanospheres

James, Alex; Derry, Matthew; Train, Jennifer; Dawson, Robert

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Luminescent Water Dispersible Microporous Polymeric Nanospheres

James, Alex; Derry, Matthew; Train, Jennifer; Dawson, Robert

Water-dispersible porous polymeric dispersions (PPDs) have been synthesised by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer mediated polymerisation-induced self-assembly (RAFT-mediated PISA). The core-shell particles posses a microporous core formed from divinylbenzene and fumaronitrile while the outer polyethylene glycol shell enables the particles to be dispersible in a wide range of…
Loss of bottlebrush stiffness due to free polymers

Storm, Ingeborg M.; Kornreich, Micha; Voets, Ilja K.; Beck, Roy; Vries, Renko de; Stuart, Martien A. Cohen; Leermakers, Frans A. M.

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Loss of bottlebrush stiffness due to free polymers

Storm, Ingeborg M.; Kornreich, Micha; Voets, Ilja K.; Beck, Roy; Vries, Renko de; Stuart, Martien A. Cohen; Leermakers, Frans A. M.

A recently introduced DNA-bottlebrush system, which is formed by the co-assembly of DNA with a genetically engineered cationic polymer-like protein, is subjected to osmotic stress conditions. We measured the inter-DNA distances by X-ray scattering. Our co-assembled DNA-bottlebrush system is one of the few bottlebrushes known to date that shows liquid…
Bioinspired Block Copolymer for Mineralized Nanoporous Membrane

Zhou, Hui-Jun; Yang, Guan-Wen; Zhang, Yao-Yao; Xu, Zhi-Kang; Wu, Guang-Peng

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Bioinspired Block Copolymer for Mineralized Nanoporous Membrane

Zhou, Hui-Jun; Yang, Guan-Wen; Zhang, Yao-Yao; Xu, Zhi-Kang; Wu, Guang-Peng

Homoporous membranes fabricated by self-assembled block copolymers (BCPs) have gained growing attention for their easy availability of well-ordered nanostructures for precise separation. However, it remains a challenges to improve the mechanical integrity, hydrophilic properties, and pore functionalities of the existing systems. To this end, we report an organic–mineral composite hybrid…
Design and application of volatilizable solid additives in non-fullerene organic solar cells

Yu, Runnan; Yao, Huifeng; Hong, Ling; Qin, Yunpeng; Zhu, Jie; Cui, Yong; Li, Sunsun; Hou, Jianhui

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Design and application of volatilizable solid additives in non-fullerene organic solar cells

Yu, Runnan; Yao, Huifeng; Hong, Ling; Qin, Yunpeng; Zhu, Jie; Cui, Yong; Li, Sunsun; Hou, Jianhui

High-boiling-point solvent additives are commonly used to optimize the device performance of organic solar cells but they make problems for device stability and reproducibility. Here Yu et al. design volatilizable solid additives that can improve the device performance without causing above…
Phase Transition and Side-Chain Crystallization of Poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic anhydride)-g-Alkyl Alcohol Comb-like Polymers

Li, Jing; Wang, Haixia; Kong, Lei; Zhou, Yong; Li, Shuqin; Shi, Haifeng

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Phase Transition and Side-Chain Crystallization of Poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic anhydride)-g-Alkyl Alcohol Comb-like Polymers

Li, Jing; Wang, Haixia; Kong, Lei; Zhou, Yong; Li, Shuqin; Shi, Haifeng

A series of poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic anhydride)-g-alkyl alcohol (PVEM -Cn) comb-like polymers were synthesized by a simple esterification reaction between poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic anhydride) and n-alkyl alcohol with n = 14–26. Thermal property, side-chain crystallization, and phase transition behavior of PVEM-Cn comb-like polymers were investigated by 1H NMR,DSC,…