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Thomas H. Epps, III, University of Delaware, Department of Chemical Engineering 1 Templating Ion-Conducting Membranes Using Block Copolymers TEM SEO:LiClO 4 3:1 SEO (non-doped) Scale bar : 20 nm RuO 4 staining We have investigated the self- assembly of cylinder-forming PS-b-PEO (SEO) block copolymers doped with various lithium salts. SAXS and TEM confirm that salt doping increases the domain spacing and segregation strength. Additionally, differences in the lithium counterion affect the copolymer morphologies and induce nanoscale phase transitions. SAX S Ion-Conducting Networks

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Templating Ion-Conducting Membranes Using Block Copolymers

TEM

SEO:LiClO4 3:1

SEO (non-doped)

Scale bar : 20 nmRuO4 staining

We have investigated the self-assembly of cylinder-forming PS-b-PEO (SEO) block copolymers doped with various lithium salts. SAXS and TEM confirm that salt doping increases the domain spacing and segregation strength. Additionally, differences in the lithium counterion affect the copolymer morphologies and

induce nanoscale phase transitions.

SAXS

Ion-ConductingNetworks