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Li-ion battery technology is considered as the most efficient solution for the electrochemical energy storage. While standard liquid electrolyte – based configurations provide best performances, solid state electrolytes are developed as a safer alternative. Herein, we discuss a three step synthesis procedure of self-doped solid block copolymer electrolyte, combining a single-ion poly(lithium methacrylate-co-oligoethylene...
A series of ionic polythiophenes, in homopolymer and random copolymer configurations, is prepared via the Grignard metathesis (GRIM) polymerization protocol and subsequent substitution on the bromohexyl side chains with N-methylimidazole. The introduced structural variations – comonomer ratio, side chain composition, counter ions – allow tuning of the thermal properties and solution behavior of the...
Micelles have been prepared by mixing poly(styrene)-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PS-b-P4VP) copolymers and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) homopolymers in organic solvents. Complexation via hydrogen bonding occurs between the P4VP and PAA blocks. Further aggregation of the accordingly formed complexes results in micelles stabilized by a corona of PS blocks. The influence of the relative lengths of the different...
The poly(styrene)-block-poly(2-vinylpyridine)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer, PS 200 -b-P2VP 140 -b-PEO 590 , where the subscripts refer to the average degrees of polymerisation of the constitutive blocks, has been dissolved in water/toluene mixtures with a large range of composition, i.e. in (i) toluene added with a small amount of water, (ii) water-in-toluene...
Thermo-sensitive nanosized structures have been prepared in water from poly(methyl vinyl ether)-block-poly(isobutyl vinyl ether) (PMVE-b-PIBVE) block copolymers. The composition and the architecture (diblock and triblock architectures) of the PMVE-b-PIBVE copolymers have been varied. The investigated copolymers had an asymmetric composition with a major PMVE block. While the PIBVE blocks are hydrophobic,...
Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) end-capped by a methacrylate unsaturation was copolymerized with acrylic acid by RAFT with dibenzyltrithiocarbonate as a chain transfer agent. Tapered triblock copolymers consisting of a poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) inner block and comb-like outer blocks of PEO macromomers were formed as result of the comonomers reactivity ratios. Composition of these copolymers and length of...
The poly(styrene)-block-poly(2-vinylpyridine)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer PS 200 -b-P2VP 140 -b-PEO 590 , where the subscripts refer to the number average degrees of polymerization, forms spherical micelles in water, that consist of a PS core, a pH-responsive P2VP shell and a PEO corona. This triblock has been added with homo-PS...
The self-aggregation of a series of amphiphilic poly(methyl methacrylate)-block-poly(sulfonated glycidyl methacrylate) (PMMA-b-PSGMA) copolymers in water has been studied by dynamic light scattering (DLS), size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and surface tension measurements. All the copolymers considered in this study form micelles which, however, aggregate into larger structures as shown by DLS and...
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