Advanced functional liquid crystals

J Uchida, B Soberats, M Gupta, T Kato - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystals have been intensively studied as functional materials. Recently, integration of
various disciplines has led to new directions in the design of functional liquid‐crystalline …

Ionic liquid crystal electrolytes: Fundamental, applications and prospects

Q Ruan, M Yao, D Yuan, H Dong, J Liu, X Yuan… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Current available organic liquid electrolytes of electrochemical energy devices lead to fast
performance degradation and even combustion. Such challenges call for the development …

Solid-state rigid-rod polymer composite electrolytes with nanocrystalline lithium ion pathways

Y Wang, CJ Zanelotti, X Wang, R Kerr, L **, WH Kan… - Nature Materials, 2021 - nature.com
A critical challenge for next-generation lithium-based batteries lies in development of
electrolytes that enable thermal safety along with the use of high-energy-density electrodes …

Emerging iongel materials towards applications in energy and bioelectronics

LC Tomé, L Porcarelli, JE Bara, M Forsyth… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past two decades, ionic liquids (ILs) have blossomed as versatile task-specific
materials with a unique combination of properties, which can be beneficial for a plethora of …

Superionic bifunctional polymer electrolytes for solid‐state energy storage and conversion

RY Wang, S Jeong, H Ham, J Kim, H Lee… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving superionic conductivity from solid‐state polymer electrolytes is an important task
in the development of future energy storage and conversion technologies. Herein, a platform …

Charged block copolymers: from fundamentals to electromechanical applications

J Min, D Barpuzary, H Ham, GC Kang… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Charged block copolymers are promising materials for next-generation battery
technologies and soft electronics. Although once it was only possible to prepare randomly …