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Miao X, Song C, Hu W, Ren Y, Shen Y, Nan CW. Achieving High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries by Modulating Li + Desolvation Barrier with Liquid Crystal Polymers. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2401473. [PMID: 38663859 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202401473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Revised: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries offer high theoretical capacity but are hindered by poor rate capability and cycling stability due to sluggish Li2S precipitation kinetics. Here a sulfonate-group-rich liquid crystal polymer (poly-2,2'-disulfonyl-4,4'-benzidine terephthalamide, PBDT) is designed and fabricated to accelerate Li2S precipitation by promoting the desolvation of Li+ from electrolyte. PBDT-modified separators are employed to assemble Li-S batteries, which deliver a remarkable rate capacity (761 mAh g-1 at 4 C) and cycling stability (500 cycles with an average decay rate of 0.088% per cycle at 0.5 C). A PBDT-based pouch cell even delivers an exceptional capacity of ≈1400 mAh g-1 and an areal capacity of ≈11 mAh cm-2 under lean-electrolyte and high-sulfur-loading condition, demonstrating promise for practical applications. Results of Raman spectra, molecular dynamic (MD) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the abundant anionic sulfonate groups of PBDT aid in Li+ desolvation by attenuating Li+-solvent interactions and lowering the desolvation energy barrier. Plus, the polysulfide adsorption/catalysis is also excluded via electrostatic repulsion. This work elucidates the critical impact of Li+ desolvation on Li-S batteries and provides a new design direction for advanced Li-S batteries.
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- Xiang Miao
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Wang Y, Jiang X, Li X, Ding K, Liu X, Huang B, Ding J, Qu K, Sun W, Xue Z, Xu W. Bionic ordered structured hydrogels: structure types, design strategies, optimization mechanism of mechanical properties and applications. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:4033-4058. [PMID: 37522298 DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00326d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Natural organisms, such as lobsters, lotus, and humans, exhibit exceptional mechanical properties due to their ordered structures. However, traditional hydrogels have limitations in their mechanical and physical properties due to their disordered molecular structures when compared with natural organisms. Therefore, inspired by nature and the properties of hydrogels similar to those of biological soft tissues, researchers are increasingly focusing on how to investigate bionic ordered structured hydrogels and render them as bioengineering soft materials with unique mechanical properties. In this paper, we systematically introduce the various structure types, design strategies, and optimization mechanisms used to enhance the strength, toughness, and anti-fatigue properties of bionic ordered structured hydrogels in recent years. We further review the potential applications of bionic ordered structured hydrogels in various fields, including sensors, bioremediation materials, actuators, and impact-resistant materials. Finally, we summarize the challenges and future development prospects of bionic ordered structured hydrogels in preparation and applications.
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- Yanyan Wang
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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Fox RJ, Hegde M, Cole DP, Moore RB, Picken SJ, Dingemans TJ. High-Strength Liquid Crystal Polymer-Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites from Water. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:16592-16600. [PMID: 35330991 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We report on the morphology and mechanical properties of nanocomposite films derived from aqueous, hybrid liquid crystalline mixtures of rodlike aggregates of a sulfonated, all-aromatic polyamide, poly(2,2'-disulfonyl-4,4'-benzidine terephthalamide) (PBDT), and graphene oxide (GO) platelets. An isothermal step at 200 °C facilitates in situ partial thermal reduction of GO to reduced GO (rGO) in nanocomposite films. X-ray scattering studies reveal that PBDT-rGO nanocomposites exhibit both higher in-plane alignment of PBDT (the order parameter increases from 0.79 to 0.9 at 1.8 vol % rGO) and alignment along the casting direction (from 0.1 to 0.6 at 1.8 vol % rGO). From dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, the interaction between PBDT and rGO causes the β-relaxation activation energy for PBDT to increase with rGO concentration. Modulus mapping of nanocomposites using atomic force microscopy demonstrates enhanced local stiffness, indicating reinforcement. From stress-strain analysis, the average Young's modulus increases from 16 to 37 GPa at 1.8 vol % rGO and the average tensile strength increases from 210 to 640 MPa. Despite polymer alignment along the casting direction, an average transverse tensile strength of 230 MPa is obtained.
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- Ryan J Fox
- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3050, United States
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3050, United States
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- DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3050, United States
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Lyutov V, Kabanova V, Gribkova O, Nekrasov A, Tsakova V. Electrochemically-Obtained Polysulfonic-Acids Doped Polyaniline Films-A Comparative Study by Electrochemical, Microgravimetric and XPS Methods. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12051050. [PMID: 32375263 PMCID: PMC7284428 DOI: 10.3390/polym12051050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Polyaniline (PANI) layers are electrochemically obtained in the presence of four polysulfonic acids with different rigidities of the polymer backbone-iso-(and tere-)poly-(4,4'-(2,2'-disulfonic acid)-diphenylene-iso(tere)-phthalamide (i-PASA and t-PASA), polystyrenesulfonic acid (PSSA) and poly(2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid) (PAMPSA). Combined microgravimetric (EQCM) and electrochemical measurements are carried out in the course of polymerization and repetitive redox switching. It is found that after synthesis PASA-doped PANIs shows good stability with low exchange of mass in the course of voltammetric scans, while PAMPSA-doped PANI contains a large amount of water that gradually becomes expelled in the repetitive redox switching. PANI obtained in the presence of PSSA takes an intermediate position with respect to mass exchanged in the electrochemical redox process. XPS studies are used to obtain data for the extent of doping of the different PANI materials. The results show high doping level (about 0.5) for PASA- and PAMPSA- and lower level (0.32) for PSSA-doped PANI layers. Repeated electrochemical studies carried out with the specimens investigated by XPS after long-term storage in the dry state give evidence for structural rearrangement, perfect recuperation of the initial electrochemical activity and high stability of the electrochemical response.
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- Vladimir Lyutov
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria;
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (V.K.); (O.G.); (A.N.)
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (V.K.); (O.G.); (A.N.)
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (V.K.); (O.G.); (A.N.)
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria;
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Bostwick JE, Zanelotti CJ, Iacob C, Korovich AG, Madsen LA, Colby RH. Ion Transport and Mechanical Properties of Non-Crystallizable Molecular Ionic Composite Electrolytes. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Joshua E. Bostwick
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies, ICSI, Rm. Valcea 240050, Romania
- Institute of Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Double helical conformation and extreme rigidity in a rodlike polyelectrolyte. Nat Commun 2019; 10:801. [PMID: 30778067 PMCID: PMC6379425 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08756-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The ubiquitous biomacromolecule DNA has an axial rigidity persistence length of ~50 nm, driven by its elegant double helical structure. While double and multiple helix structures appear widely in nature, only rarely are these found in synthetic non-chiral macromolecules. Here we report a double helical conformation in the densely charged aromatic polyamide poly(2,2′-disulfonyl-4,4′-benzidine terephthalamide) or PBDT. This double helix macromolecule represents one of the most rigid simple molecular structures known, exhibiting an extremely high axial persistence length (~1 micrometer). We present X-ray diffraction, NMR spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations that reveal and confirm the double helical conformation. The discovery of this extreme rigidity in combination with high charge density gives insight into the self-assembly of molecular ionic composites with high mechanical modulus (~ 1 GPa) yet with liquid-like ion motions inside, and provides fodder for formation of other 1D-reinforced composites. Double helix structures appear widely in nature, but only rarely in synthetic non-chiral macromolecules. Here the authors describe a double helix in a densely charged aromatic polyamide, which exhibits an axial rigidity persistence length of ~ 1 μm, much higher than that of DNA (~ 50 nm).
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Naji A, Hejazi K, Mahgerefteh E, Podgornik R. Charged nanorods at heterogeneously charged surfaces. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:134702. [PMID: 30292214 DOI: 10.1063/1.5044391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We study the spatial and orientational distribution of charged nanorods (rodlike counterions) as well as the effective interaction mediated by them between two plane-parallel surfaces that carry fixed (quenched) heterogeneous charge distributions. The nanorods are assumed to have an internal charge distribution, specified by a multivalent monopolar moment and a finite quadrupolar moment, and the quenched surface charge is assumed to be randomly distributed with equal mean and variance on the two surfaces. While equally charged surfaces are known to repel within the traditional mean-field theories, the presence of multivalent counterions has been shown to cause attractive interactions between uniformly charged surfaces due to the prevalence of strong electrostatic couplings that grow rapidly with the counterion valency. We show that the combined effects due to electrostatic correlations (caused by the coupling between the mean surface field and the multivalent, monopolar, charge valency of counterions) as well as the disorder-induced interactions (caused by the coupling between the surface disorder field and the quadrupolar moment of counterions) lead to much stronger attractive interactions between two randomly charged surfaces. The interaction profile turns out to be a nonmonotonic function of the intersurface separation, displaying an attractive minimum at relatively small separations, where the ensuing attraction can exceed the maximum strong-coupling attraction (produced by multivalent monopolar counterions between uniformly charged surfaces) by more than an order of magnitude.
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- Ali Naji
- School of Physics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), P.O. Box 19395-5531, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Physics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), P.O. Box 19395-5531, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Physics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), P.O. Box 19395-5531, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Physical Sciences and Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Mredha MTI, Tran VT, Jeong SG, Seon JK, Jeon I. A diffusion-driven fabrication technique for anisotropic tubular hydrogels. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:7706-7713. [PMID: 30187062 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm01235k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A bio-inspired, simple, and versatile diffusion-driven method to fabricate complex tubular hydrogels is reported. The controlled diffusion of small ions from a pre-designed core hydrogel through a biopolymer reservoir solution causes the self-gelation of biopolymers with an anisotropic ordered structure on the surface of the core hydrogel. By controlling the concentration, diffusion time, and flow direction of the ions, as well as the size and shape of the core, various types of complex tubular-shaped hydrogels with well-defined 3D architectures were fabricated. The mechanical properties of the designed alginate-based tubular hydrogels were highly tunable and comparable to those of native blood vessels. The method was applied to form a living-cell encapsulated tubular hydrogel, which further strengthens its potential for biomedical applications. The method is suitable for biopolymer-based reaction-diffusion systems and available for further research on the fabrication of functional biomaterials with various biopolymers.
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- Md Tariful Islam Mredha
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
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Xu J, Liu X, Ren X, Gao G. The role of chemical and physical crosslinking in different deformation stages of hybrid hydrogels. Eur Polym J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Shirai T, Shuai M, Nakamura K, Yamaguchi A, Naka Y, Sasaki T, Clark NA, Le KV. Chiral lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals composed of disodium cromoglycate doped with water-soluble chiral additives. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:1511-1516. [PMID: 29442119 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm02262j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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We investigated the pitches of cholesteric liquid crystals prepared by mixing disodium cromoglycate (DSCG) in water with 5 different water-soluble chiral additives. The measurements are based on the Grandjean-Cano wedge cell method. Overall, the twisting effect is weak, and the shortest pitch of 2.9 ± 0.2 μm is obtained using trans-4-hydroxy-l-proline, by which the cholesteric sample is iridescent at certain viewing angles. Freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy (FFTEM) was also performed for the first time on both the nematic and cholesteric phases, revealing that stacked chromonic aggregates are very long, up to a few hundred nm, which explains why cholesteric chromonic liquid crystals hardly have pitches in the visible wavelength region.
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- Tatsuya Shirai
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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Iakobson OD, Gribkova OL, Nekrasov AA, Vannikov AV. The effect of counterion in polymer sulfonates on the synthesis and properties of poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene. RUSS J ELECTROCHEM+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s1023193516120132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Song G, Zhao Z, Peng X, He C, Weiss RA, Wang H. Rheological Behavior of Tough PVP-in Situ-PAAm Hydrogels Physically Cross-Linked by Cooperative Hydrogen Bonding. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Guoshan Song
- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Department
of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 250 South Forge Street, Akron, Ohio 44325-0301, United States
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Department
of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 250 South Forge Street, Akron, Ohio 44325-0301, United States
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Gribkova OL, Iakobson OD, Nekrasov AA, Cabanova VA, Tverskoy VA, Vannikov AV. The influence of polyacid nature on poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) electrosynthesis and its spectroelectrochemical properties. J Solid State Electrochem 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10008-016-3252-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wang Y, Chen Y, Gao J, Yoon HG, Jin L, Forsyth M, Dingemans TJ, Madsen LA. Highly Conductive and Thermally Stable Ion Gels with Tunable Anisotropy and Modulus. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2016; 28:2571-8. [PMID: 26822386 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201505183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Revised: 12/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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A new liquid-crystalline ion gel exhibits unprecedented properties: conductivity up to 8 mS cm(-1) , thermal stability to 300 °C, and electrochemical window to 6.1 V, as well as adjustable transport anisotropy (up to 3.5×) and elastic modulus (0.03-3 GPa). The combination of ionic liquid and magnetically oriented rigid-rod polyanion provides widely tunable properties for use in diverse electrochemical devices.
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- Ying Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Frontier Materials and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3216, Australia
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- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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Wu ZL, Takahashi R, Sawada D, Arifuzzaman M, Nakajima T, Kurokawa T, Hu J, Gong JP. In Situ Observation of Ca2+ Diffusion-Induced Superstructure Formation of a Rigid Polyanion. Macromolecules 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/ma501699d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Zi Liang Wu
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, ‡Graduate School of Life Science, and §Graduate School
of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, ‡Graduate School of Life Science, and §Graduate School
of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, ‡Graduate School of Life Science, and §Graduate School
of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, ‡Graduate School of Life Science, and §Graduate School
of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, ‡Graduate School of Life Science, and §Graduate School
of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, ‡Graduate School of Life Science, and §Graduate School
of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, ‡Graduate School of Life Science, and §Graduate School
of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, ‡Graduate School of Life Science, and §Graduate School
of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Wang Y, Gao J, Dingemans TJ, Madsen LA. Molecular Alignment and Ion Transport in Rigid Rod Polyelectrolyte Solutions. Macromolecules 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/ma500364t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Ying Wang
- Department
of Chemistry and Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg
1, 2629
HS, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg
1, 2629
HS, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry and Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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Arifuzzaman M, Wu ZL, Takahashi R, Kurokawa T, Nakajima T, Gong JP. Geometric and Edge Effects on Swelling-Induced Ordered Structure Formation in Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma401773w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Md. Arifuzzaman
- Laboratory of Soft and Wet Matter, Division of Biological
Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Soft
and Wet Matter, Division of Life Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Life
Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Soft and Wet Matter, Division of Biological
Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Soft
and Wet Matter, Division of Life Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Life
Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Soft
and Wet Matter, Division of Life Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Life
Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Soft
and Wet Matter, Division of Life Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Life
Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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