Coalescence and split of high-entropy polymer lamellar cocrystals

Recent progress of high-entropy materials for energy storage and conversion

“…278 Although high-entropy polymers are still in the early stages of development, further studies can be conducted to explore new functional solid polymer electrolytes with enhanced ionic conductivity and cycling stability for Li/Na-ion batteries. 32,279 Addition of ionic conductive nanoparticles and nanosheets to the polymeric matrix is a known effective approach to increase the low ionic conductivity and mechanical stability of composite polymer electrolytes and eventually improve the performance of solid-electrolyte Li-ion batteries. 280,281 Many different types of metal oxides and ceramic nanoparticles or nano-akes, as well as MOFs, have been used in the fabrication of polymer composite electrolytes and studied for their performance as solid electrolytes.…”

“…Having different types of polymers with various ratios in repeating units increases the lattice-packing entropy and can affect the phase transition of crystalline polymers. 32 Some of the fundamental aspects, structural effects, and designing strategies of HEAs have been discussed in recent years. 5,[33][34][35][36][37][38] Research on HEOs and other HEMs are more recent and less established compared to that on metallic alloys.…”

Hydrothermal synthesis of multi-cationic high-entropy layered double hydroxides

“…The field of research on HEMs (HEMs – High Entropy Materials) has expanded significantly and today includes not merely HEAs (HEAs – High Entropy Alloys), but also oxides, 4 diborides, 5 carbides, 6 nitrides, 7 polymers, 8 fluorides 9 or sulfides. 10 With the expanding portfolio of HEMs, there is conjecture in the HEM community 11,12 of other potential materials that could benefit from high-entropy configurations.…”

Microstructures and Properties of High‐Entropy Materials: Modeling, Simulation, and Experiments

“…Originating from HEAs, the high‐entropy concept is expected to be extended to HEPs. [ 279 ] However, so far, only a few polymers have borrowed a part of the design concept of HEAs. The fact that the cocrystallization of multielements can be realized in HEAs motivates the new design strategy in the field of organic materials.…”

“…A recent research succeeds in inducing the crystallization of dissolved poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) homopolymer and poly(vinylidene fluoride‐trifluoro‐ethylene) (PVDF‐TrFE) copolymer solutes, revealing the role of the lattice packing entropy on the Curie transition of cocrystals in Figure m–s. [ 279 ] Other interesting characteristics of HEAs, such as the sluggish diffusion effect and severe lattice distortion, have not been introduced into the polymer field. Part of the reason is that the structure unit of polymers (molecular motifs) is quite different from that of alloys.…”