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Polymer Physics: Impact of Substrate and Processing on Confinement of Nafion Thin Films (Adv. Funct. Mater. 30/2014)
Author(s) -
Kusoglu Ahmet,
Kushner Douglas,
Paul Devproshad K.,
Karan Kunal,
Hickner Michael A.,
Weber Adam Z.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201470199
Subject(s) - materials science , nafion , thin film , substrate (aquarium) , polymer , ionomer , scattering , chemical engineering , anisotropy , grazing incidence small angle scattering , composite material , polymer science , nanotechnology , optics , copolymer , chemistry , electrode , oceanography , physics , geology , electrochemistry , neutron scattering , engineering , small angle neutron scattering
Ionomer thin‐films exhibit structural and associated water‐uptake changes as they are confined. Depending on the substrate and thickness, the morphology is altered with thinner films showing less phase separation and more anisotropy on gold than on carbon. These effects are probed on page 4763 by A. Z. Weber and co‐workers using grazing‐incidence small‐angle X‐ray scattering.