Nanoscale Resolution of Electric-field Induced Motion in Ionic Diblock Copolymer Thin Films

• Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces Vol. 10; no. 38; pp. 32678 - 32687
• Main Authors: Dugger, Jason W, Li, Wei, Chen, Mingtao, Long, Timothy E, Welbourn, Rebecca J. L, Skoda, Maximilian W.A, Browning, James F, Kumar, Rajeev, Lokitz, Bradley S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 26.09.2018; American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Subjects: electric field; interfacial tension; ionic block copolymer; MATERIALS SCIENCE; molecular dynamics; neutron reflectometry; ionic block copolymer; interfacial tension; electric field; molecular dynamics; neutron reflectometry

Understanding the responses of ionic block copolymers to applied electric fields is crucial when targeting applications in areas such as energy storage, microelectronics, and transducers. This work shows that the identity of counterions in ionic diblock copolymers substantially affects their respons...