Anisotropic Ion Conductivity in Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymer Membranes with Perpendicularly Oriented PEO Cylindrical Domains

Disparate polymerization facilitates the synthesis of versatile block copolymers from poly(trimethylene carbonate)

“…The design of block copolymers is crucial in terms of not only industrial products but also biomedical devices. Block copolymers allow the resulting materials to enhance their self-assemble behavior [5,6], phase separation behavior [7], thermo responsive behavior [8], and surfactant property [9,10]. Cyclic monomers such as TMC and lactide are easily polymerized by employing conventional ringopening polymerization techniques that use organometallic catalysts.…”

Optical and Physical Applications of Photocontrollable Materials: Azobenzene-Containing and Liquid Crystalline Polymers

“…It is also proposed that this type of nanotemplate can be applicable as a wet etching mask for transferring a nano-pattern onto a silicon wafer [177]. An application as an ion conducting channel has also been suggested [178]. As described in detail in Section 4.2, these block copolymer materials can be applied as optical memory.…”

Influence of Confined Polymer Structure on Proton Transport Property in Sulfonated Polyimide Thin Films

“…9 Consequently, the preferred chain packing along the in-plane/out-of-plane direction in the confined film could be an additional impact for forming the macroscopic proton transport path as like proton wires to improve the charge transport characteristics in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). 10,11 Therefore, achieving the directed assembly of polymer chains in thin films has attracted intense interest in recent years. 12,13 Many investigations concerning the relationship between chemical structures and application performances for polyimide (PI) systems are devoted because the chemical structure of PI is one of the essential factors associated with the secondary and tertiary structures and the physical properties.…”