Click chemistry is one of the most powerful strategies for constructing polymeric soft
materials with precise control over architecture and functionality. In this review, we provide a …

Five-membered aromatic rings containing Group 16 elements (O, S, Se, and Te), also
referred as chalcogenophenes, are ubiquitous building blocks for π-conjugated polymers …

Fully conjugated block copolymers that covalently link donor and acceptor units within the
molecular structure have the potential to simultaneously control the mesoscale assembly …

The broad range of applications of synchrotron and neutron scattering in the investigation of
soft condensed matter is reviewed. Appropriate combinations of these techniques allow …

Initially developed for classic systems composed of fatty acids and phospholipids, the
Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) techniques allow the fabrication of nanometer-scale …

Addition of functional groups to the end-group of conjugated polymers is key to preparing
conjugated macromolecular building blocks useful for producing architecturally complex soft …

Organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology could allow the inexpensive production of flexible
solar cells via a roll-to-roll printing process. However, the performance of OPV devices relies …

Conjugated rod-rod block copolymers (BCPs) have attracted considerable attention during
the past decade as they possess both the interesting microphase-separated characteristics …

Copolymers with graft architectures possess interesting material properties distinct from their
linear polymer counterparts. The effects of multidimensional architectures on the …

We report the synthesis of three fully π-conjugated diblock copolymers containing
selenophene-and thiophene-based repeating units. All of these diblock copolymers undergo …