Self-Assembly: Thermoreversible Morphology and Conductivity of a Conjugated Polymer Network Embedded in Block Copolymer Self-Assemblies (Small 35/2016)
The thermo-responsive structural and electrical behaviors of polymeric self-assemblies comprising of PEO-PPO-PEO block copolymers and poly(thiophene) derivatives are investigated by C. Do and co-workers on page 4857. A synergetic usage of small-angle neutron and x-ray scattering with computer simulations reveals that a tunable morphology of triblock copolymer templates enables to thermo-reversibly control distribution and structure of the embedded conjugated polymers, strongly coupled to unique conduction property.