Continuing our collaboration with Prof. Stefan Mecking at the University of Konstanz, this work investigates the combination of solvent swelling and domain alignment in a multiblock copolymer with layered nanostructures. We previously demonstrated that solvent swelling in a multiblock copolymer can increase in the ionic conductivity by several orders of magnitude. Here, we investigate solvent swelling in aligned thin films and find that chain conformations and domain alignment can impact the quantity of solvent incorporated within nanostructures. This dependence directly impacts the resulting ionic conductivities. We are excited to use these insights for future development of solvent-swollen nanostructured polymers for enhanced lithium-ion conductivities.
Investigation of Ion Transport in Aligned Thin Films Published in Chemistry of Materials.
