Nanoscale battery materials based on the self-assembly of block copolymers

Bullock, Steven E.

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2003.12.045

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“…The thermodynamic self-assembly of a poly(ethylene oxide)-based block copolymer can also provide a template for incorporation of gold salts or nanotubes to create a self-organizing, nanocomposite electrode [97]. Bullock and Kofinas have used ionically conducting block copolymers as templates for the synthesis of lithium manganese oxide nanoparticles such that a self-assembled film functions as both a polyelectrolyte and as a composite anode in a lithium battery system [98,99].…”

Section: Ordering Of Functional Block Copolymersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patterning with block copolymer thin films

Segalman

2005

Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports

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The nanometer-scale architectures in thin films of self-assembling block copolymers have inspired a variety of new applications. For example, the uniformly sized and shaped nanodomains formed in the films have been used for nanolithography, nanoparticle synthesis, and high-density information storage media. Imperative to all of these applications, however, is a high degree of control over orientation of the nanodomains relative to the surface of the film as well as control over order in the plane of the film. Induced fields including electric, shear, and surface fields have been demonstrated to influence orientation. Both heteroepitaxy and graphoepitaxy can induce positional order on the nanodomains in the plane of the film. This article will briefly review a variety of mechanisms for gaining control over block copolymer order as well as many of the applications of these materials. Particular attention is paid to the potential of perfecting long-range two-dimensional order over a broader range of length scales and the extension of these concepts to functional materials and more complex architectures. #

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Section: Ordering Of Functional Block Copolymersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patterning with block copolymer thin films

Segalman

2005

Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports

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921

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“…Multiblock copolymers are widely investigated, both in bulk and in solution, due to their ability to self-assemble into various useful nanostructures, such as ordered layers, cylinders, double gyroids, micelles, disordered micelles and globules [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. They can also be used as model systems, resembling proteins and therefore referred to as protein-like systems.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collapse-driven self-assembly of multiblock chains: A Monte Carlooff-lattice study

Lewandowski¹,

Banaszak²

2009

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

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“…Remarkable progress has been made in this regard in areas including but not limited to designing materials of desired mechanical properties, selfassembling systems [2], molecular electronics [3] and the pharmaceutical industry (e.g. biodegradable polymers for drug carriers and controlled release systems [4]).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%