Self-organization and nano-crystallization of electronically-active polymer films and solid polymer electrolytes

在量身定做的先进聚合物的合成方面取得了前所未有的进步，导致它们集成到了许多下一代技术中。这些进展明显的两个具体领域是用于燃料电池的聚合物电解质和用于有机电子的半导体塑料。在过去的5年里，世界各地的许多组织应用了基于合成纳米相分离的多功能聚合物薄膜的设计策略，这些薄膜增强了现有的性能并激发了新的性能。这些新兴技术在聚合物薄膜发展中的下一个重要发展涉及将聚合物的灵活性和易加工性与形成促进特定性能和特定方向的长程结晶有序相结合的设计策略。例如，需要控制电子或离子传输的各向异性和方向--即使在聚合物薄膜中也是如此。

Unprecedented advances in the synthesis of tailor-made, advanced polymers has led to their integration into numerous, next-generation technologies. Two specific areas where these advances are evident are Polymer Electrolytes for Fuel Cells and Semiconducting Plastics for Organic Electronics. Over the past 5 years, many groups worldwide, have applied design strategies based on the synthesis of nano-phase separated, multifunctional polymer films that enhance existing properties and stimulate new ones. The next important development in the evolution of polymer films for these emerging technologies involves design strategies that couple the flexibility and ease-of-processing characteristic of polymers with the formation of long range crystalline order that promotes a particular property - and in a particular direction. For example, anisotropy and direction of electron or ion transport needs to be controlled - even in thin polymer films.