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  • Influence of Chain Rigidity...
    Bocharova, V; Wojnarowska, Z; Cao, Peng-Fei; Fu, Y; Kumar, R; Li, Bingrui; Novikov, V. N; Zhao, S; Kisliuk, A; Saito, T; Mays, Jimmy W; Sumpter, B.G; Sokolov, A. P

    The journal of physical chemistry. B, 12/2017, Letnik: 121, Številka: 51
    Journal Article

    Polymerized ionic liquids (PolyILs) are promising candidates for a wide range of technological applications due to their single ion conductivity and good mechanical properties. Tuning the glass transition temperature (T g) in these materials constitutes a major strategy to improve room temperature conductivity while controlling their mechanical properties. In this work, we show experimental and simulation results demonstrating that in these materials T g does not follow a universal scaling behavior with the volume of the structural units V m (including monomer and counterion). Instead, T g is significantly influenced by the chain flexibility and polymer dielectric constant. We propose a simplified empirical model that includes the electrostatic interactions and chain flexibility to describe T g in PolyILs. Our model enables design of new functional PolyILs with the desired T g.