PUBLICATIONS
Representative ten recent publications
Wang, Y.; Chen, K.; Prine, N.; Rondeau‐Gagné, S.; Chiu, Y.; Gu, X. Stretchable and Self‐Healable Semiconductive Composites Based on Hydrogen BondingCross‐linked Elastomeric Matrix. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 2303031, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202303031.
Cao, Z.; Tolba, S. A.; Li, Z.; Mason, G. T.; Wang, Y.; Do, C.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Xia, W.; Gu, X. Molecular Structure and Conformational Design of Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers to Enable Predictable Optoelectronic Property. Adv. Mater. 2023, n/a (n/a), 2302178. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202302178.
Zhao, H.; Prine, N.; Ma, G.; Zhang, Y.; Haque, M. A.; Baran, D.; Gu, X. Out-of-Plane Transient Thermal Conductivity Measurements for Bulk Semiconducting Conjugated Polymers Using Fast Scanning Calorimetry. Sustain. Energy Fuels 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SE01413K
Cao, Z.; Li, Z.; Tolba, S. A.; Mason, G. T.; Xiong, M.; Ocheje, M. U.; Alesadi, A.; Do, C.; Hong, K.; Lei, T.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Xia, W.; Gu, X. Probing Single-Chain Conformation and Its Impact on the Optoelectronic Properties of Donor–Accepter Conjugated Polymers. J. Mater. Chem. A 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA09389H
Prine, N.; Cao, Z.; Zhang, S.; Li, T.; Do, C.; Hong, K.; Cardinal, C.; Thornell, T. L.; Morgan, S. E.; Gu, X. Enabling Quantitative Analysis of Complex Polymer Blends by Infrared Nanospectroscopy and Isotopic Deuteration. Nanoscale 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR00886J
Alesadi, A.; Cao, Z.; Li, Z.; Zhang, S.; Zhao, H.; Gu, X.; Xia, W. Machine Learning Prediction of Glass Transition Temperature of Conjugated Polymers from Chemical Structure. Cell Reports Phys. Sci. 2022, 3 (6), 100911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2022.100911
Zhang, S.; Koizumi, M.; Cao, Z.; Mao, K. S.; Qian, Z.; Galuska, L. A.; Jin, L.; Gu, X. Directly Probing the Fracture Behavior of Ultrathin Polymeric Films. ACS Polym. Au 2021, acspolymersau.1c00005. https://doi.org/10.1021/acspolymersau.1c00005
Galuska, L. A.; Muckley, E. S.; Cao, Z.; Ehlenberg, D. F.; Qian, Z.; Zhang, S.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Phan, M. D.; Ankner, J. F.; Ivanov, I. N.; et al. SMART Transfer Method to Directly Compare the Mechanical Response of Water-Supported and Free-Standing Ultrathin Polymeric Films. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12 (1), 2347. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22473-w
Zhang, S.; Alesadi, A.; Mason, G. T.; Chen, K.-L.; Freychet, G.; Galuska, L.; Cheng, Y.-H.; St. Onge, P. B. J.; Ocheje, M. U.; Ma, G.; et al. Molecular Origin of Strain-Induced Chain Alignment in PDPP-Based Semiconducting Polymeric Thin Films. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, n/a (n/a), 2100161. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202100161
Review articles
Topic: Glass transition phenomenon
1) Qian, Z.; Cao, Z.; Galuska, L.; Zhang, S.; Xu, J.; Gu, X. Glass Transition Phenomenon for Conjugated Polymers. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2019, 220 (11), 1900062. https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201900062
Topic: Thin film tensile test
2) Zhang, S.; Galuska, L. A.; Gu, X. Water‐assisted Mechanical Testing of Polymeric thin‐films. J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 60 (7), 1108–1129. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20210281
Topic: Rigidity of conjugated polymers
3) Cao, Z.; Leng, M.; Cao, Y.; Gu, X.; Fang, L. How Rigid Are Conjugated Non‐ladder and Ladder Polymers? J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 60 (3), 298–310. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20210550
All publications
Pre-2020 is here (64 publications)
2024
(164) Ma, G.; Li, Z.; Xia, W.; Fang, L.; Gu, X. Effect of Solvent Quality and Sidechain Architecture on the Conjugated Polymer Chain Conformation in Solution. Nanoscale 2024. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR05721F.
(165) Abate, S. Y.; Jha, S.; Shaik, A. K.; Ma, G.; Emodogo, J.; Pradhan, N.; Gu, X.; Patton, D.; Hammer, N. I.; Dai, Q. Fabrication of 1D/3D Heterostructure Perovskite Layers by Tetrabutylammonium Tetrafluoroborate for High-Performance Devices. Org. Electron. 2024, 125, 106984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106984.
(166) Das, P.; Salamat, C. Z.; Zayat, B.; Elizalde-Segovia, R.; Wang, Y.; Gu, X.; Narayan, S. R.; Tolbert, S. H.; Thompson, B. C. Evaluating the Impact of Conjugation Break Spacer Incorporation in Poly(3,4-Propylenedioxythiophene)-Based Cathode Binders for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Chem. Mater. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02555.
(167) Xie, Z.; Le, K.; Li, H.; Pang, X.; Xu, T.; Altoé, V.; Klivansky, L. M.; Wang, Y.; Huang, Z.; Shelton, S. W.; Gu, X.; Liu, P.; Peng, Z.; Liu, Y. Interfacial Engineering Using Covalent Organic Frameworks in Polymer Composites for High‐Temperature Electrostatic Energy Storage. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, n/a (n/a), 2314910. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202314910.
(168) Giri, H.; Ma, G.; Almtiri, M.; Gu, X.; Scott, C. N. Side Chain Effects on the Conductivity of Phenothiazine-Derived Polyaniline. Chem. Mater. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02268.
2023 (27 articles)
(137) Zhao, H.; Prine, N.; Ma, G.; Zhang, Y.; Haque, M. A.; Baran, D.; Gu, X. Out-of-Plane Transient Thermal Conductivity Measurements for Bulk Semiconducting Conjugated Polymers Using Fast Scanning Calorimetry. Sustain. Energy Fuels 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SE01413K.
(138) Cao, Z.; Li, Z.; Tolba, S. A.; Mason, G. T.; Xiong, M.; Ocheje, M. U.; Alesadi, A.; Do, C.; Hong, K.; Lei, T.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Xia, W.; Gu, X. Probing Single-Chain Conformation and Its Impact on the Optoelectronic Properties of Donor–Accepter Conjugated Polymers. J. Mater. Chem. A 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA09389H.
(139) Prine, N.; Cao, Z.; Zhang, S.; Li, T.; Do, C.; Hong, K.; Cardinal, C.; Thornell, T. L.; Morgan, S. E.; Gu, X. Enabling Quantitative Analysis of Complex Polymer Blends by Infrared Nanospectroscopy and Isotopic Deuteration. Nanoscale 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR00886J.
(140) Prine, N.; Cardinal, C.; Gu, X. Understanding and Controlling the Depth Sensitivity of Scanning Probe Based Infrared Imaging and Nanospectroscopy for Buried Polymeric Structures. Nanoscale 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR01657A.
(141) Wang, Y.; Chen, K.; Prine, N.; Rondeau‐Gagné, S.; Chiu, Y.; Gu, X. Stretchable and Self‐Healable Semiconductive Composites Based on Hydrogen BondingCross‐linked Elastomeric Matrix. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 2303031, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202303031.
(142) Cao, Z.; Tolba, S. A.; Li, Z.; Mason, G. T.; Wang, Y.; Do, C.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Xia, W.; Gu, X. Molecular Structure and Conformational Design of Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers to Enable Predictable Optoelectronic Property. Adv. Mater. 2023, n/a (n/a), 2302178. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202302178.
(143) Gunkel, I.; Gu, X.; Lutkenhaus, J.; Ryu, D. Y.; Chen, J.-T.; Lin, Z. Introduction to the Honorary Themed Collection for Thomas P. Russell. J. Mater. Chem. A 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA90077K.
(144) Weller, D. W.; Halbach, R.; Zabula, A. V; Mattler, S. J.; Gu, X.; López-Barrón, C. R. Polypentenamer Thermoplastic Elastomers via Copolymerization of Cyclopentene and Dicyclopentadiene. RSC Appl. Polym. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3LP00076A.
(145) Wang, Y.; Zhang, S.; Freychet, G.; Li, Z.; Chen, K.-L.; Liu, C.-T.; Cao, Z.; Chiu, Y.-C.; Xia, W.; Gu, X. Highly Deformable Rigid Glassy Conjugated Polymeric Thin Films. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, n/a (n/a), 2306576. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202306576
(146) Wang, Y.; Chen, K.; Awada, A.; Prine, N.; Cao, Z.; Zhu, C.; Chiu, Y.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Gu, X. Leveraging Non-Covalent Interactions to Control the Morphology and Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Stretchable Semiconducting Composites. Chem. Mater. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02131.
(147) Ma, G.; Zhang, S.; Galuska, L. A.; Gu, X. Rapid Stress Relaxation of High‐ Tg Conjugated Polymeric Thin Films. J. Polym. Sci. 2023, n/a (n/a). https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20230671.
(148) Abate, S. Y.; Yang, Z.; Jha, S.; Emodogo, J.; Ma, G.; Ouyang, Z.; Muhammad, S.; Pradhan, N.; Gu, X.; Patton, D.; Li, D.; Cai, J.; Dai, Q. Promoting Large-Area Slot-Die-Coated Perovskite Solar Cell Performance and Reproducibility by Acid-Based Sulfono-γ-AApeptide. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c02571.
(149) Wu, N.; Huang, G.; Huang, H.; Wang, Y.; Gu, X.; Wang, X.; Qiu, L. Achieving High Performance Stretchable Conjugated Polymers via Donor Structure Engineering. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2023, n/a (n/a), 2300169. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202300169.
(150) Zheng, Y.; Michalek, L.; Liu, Q.; Wu, Y.; Kim, H.; Sayavong, P.; Yu, W.; Zhong, D.; Zhao, C.; Yu, Z.; Chiong, J. A.; Gong, H.; Ji, X.; Liu, D.; Zhang, S.; Prine, N.; Zhang, Z.; Wang, W.; Tok, J. B.-H.; Gu, X.; Cui, Y.; Kang, J.; Bao, Z. Environmentally Stable and Stretchable Polymer Electronics Enabled by Surface-Tethered Nanostructured Molecular-Level Protection. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01418-y.
(151) Abate, S. Y.; Yang, Z.; Jha, S.; Ma, G.; Ouyang, Z.; Zhang, H.; Muhammad, S.; Pradhan, N.; Gu, X.; Patton, D.; Wang, K.; Li, D.; Cai, J.; Dai, Q. Room Temperature Slot-Die Coated Perovskite Layer Modified with Sulfonyl-γ-AApeptide for High Performance Perovskite Solar Devices. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 457 (December 2022), 141199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.141199.
(152) Jeong, M. W.; Ma, J. H.; Shin, J. S.; Kim, J. S.; Ma, G.; Nam, T. U.; Gu, X.; Kang, S. J.; Oh, J. Y. Intrinsically Stretchable Three Primary Light-Emitting Films Enabled by Elastomer Blend for Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes. Sci. Adv. 2023, 9 (25). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh1504.
(153) Mooney, M.; Nyayachavadi, A.; Awada, A.; Iakovidis, E.; Wang, Y.; Chen, M.-N.; Liu, Y.; Xu, J.; Chiu, Y.-C.; Gu, X.; et al. Asymmetric Side-Chain Engineering in Semiconducting Polymers: A Platform for Greener Processing and Post-Functionalization of Organic Electronics. Polym. Chem. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2PY01244H.)
(154) Eedugurala, N.; Steelman, M. E.; Mahalingavelar, P.; Adams, D. J.; Mayer, K. S.; Liu, C.-T.; Benasco, A.; Ma, G.; Gu, X.; Bowman, M. K.; Azoulay, J. D. Strong Acceptor Annulation Enables Control of Electronic Structure and Spin Configuration in Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Polymers. Chem. Mater. 2023, 2–10. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03548.
(155) Allen, M. J.; Lien, H.-M.; Prine, N.; Burns, C.; Rylski, A. K.; Gu, X.; Cox, L. M.; Mangolini, F.; Freeman, B. D.; Page, Z. A. Multimorphic Materials: Spatially Tailoring Mechanical Properties via Selective Initiation of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35 (9), 2210208. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202210208.
(156) Li, N.; Li, Y.; Cheng, Z.; Liu, Y.; Dai, Y.; Kang, S.; Li, S.; Shan, N.; Wai, S.; Ziaja, A.; Wang, Y.; Strzalka, J.; Liu, W.; Zhang, C.; Gu, X.; Hubbell, J. A.; Tian, B.; Wang, S. Bioadhesive Polymer Semiconductors and Transistors for Intimate Biointerfaces. Science (80-. ). 2023, 381 (6658), 686–693. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adg8758.
(157) Mehringer, K. D.; Vagholkar, P. K.; Davis, B. J.; Kemp, L. K.; Ma, G.; Storey, R. F.; Gu, X.; Thornell, T. L.; Wedgeworth, D. N.; Simon, Y. C.; Morgan, S. E. Influence of Side Chain Lengths in Mechanophore‐containing Polyisobutylene‐graft‐polystyrene. J. Polym. Sci. 2023, n/a (n/a). https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20230378.
(158) Luo, S.; Li, Y.; Li, N.; Cao, Z.; Zhang, S.; Ocheje, M. U.; Gu, X.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Xue, G.; Wang, S.; Zhou, D.; Xu, J. Real-Time Correlation of Crystallization and Segmental Order in Conjugated Polymers. Mater. Horizons. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00956D.
(159) Chen, M.-N.; Ke, C.-Y.; Nyayachavadi, A.; Zhao, H.; Ocheje, M. U.; Mooney, M.; Li, Y.-T.; Gu, X.; Liou, G.-S.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Chiu, Y.-C. Facile Blending Strategy for Boosting the Conjugated Polymer Semiconductor Transistor’s Mobility. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c10499.
(160) Muñoz, G.; Chamberlain, K. M.; Athukorale, S.; Ma, G.; Gu, X.; Pittman Jr., C. U.; Smith Jr., D. W. Teaching Old Polymers New Tricks: Improved Synthesis and Anomalous Crystallinity for a Lost Semi-Fluorinated Polyaryl Ether via Interfacial Polymerization of Hexafluoroacetone Hydrate and Diphenyl Ether. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2023, 44 (4), 2200737. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202200737.
(161) Peña‐Alcántara, A.; Nikzad, S.; Michalek, L.; Prine, N.; Wang, Y.; Gong, H.; Ponte, E.; Schneider, S.; Wu, Y.; Root, S. E.; He, M.; Tok, J. B. ‐H.; Gu, X.; Bao, Z. Effect of Molecular Weight on the Morphology of a Polymer Semiconductor–Thermoplastic Elastomer Blend. Adv. Electron. Mater. 2023, 2201055, 2201055. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202201055.
(162) Li, Z.; Wang, Y.; Ma, G.; Liao, Y.; Gu, X.; Xia, W. Probing Conformational Properties of Conjugated Polymers in Dilute Solutions under Variable Solvent Quality via Coarse‐grained Modeling. J. Polym. Sci. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20230689.
(163) Abate, S. Y.; Qi, Y.; Zhang, Q.; Jha, S.; Zhang, H.; Ma, G.; Gu, X.; Wang, K.; Patton, D.; Dai, Q. Eco‐friendly Solvent Engineered CsPbI 2.77 Br 0.23 Ink for Large‐Area And Scalable High Performance Perovskite Solar Cells. Adv. Mater. 2023, n/a (n/a), 2310279. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202310279.
2022 (31 articles)
(106) Zhao, H.; Shanahan, J. J.; Samson, S.; Li, Z.; Ma, G.; Prine, N.; Galuska, L.; Wang, Y.; Xia, W.; You, W.; et al. Manipulating Conjugated Polymer Backbone Dynamics through Controlled Thermal Cleavage of Alkyl Side Chains. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2022, 2200533, 2200533. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202200533.
(107) Ma, G.; Leng, M.; Li, S.; Cao, Z.; Cao, Y.; Tabor, D. P.; Fang, L.; Gu, X. Robust Chain Aggregation of Low-Entropy Rigid Ladder Polymers in Solution. J. Mater. Chem. C 2022. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TC00761D.
(108) Cao, Z.; Leng, M.; Cao, Y.; Gu, X.; Fang, L. How Rigid Are Conjugated Non‐ladder and Ladder Polymers? J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 60 (3), 298–310. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20210550.
(109) Alesadi, A.; Cao, Z.; Li, Z.; Zhang, S.; Zhao, H.; Gu, X.; Xia, W. Machine Learning Prediction of Glass Transition Temperature of Conjugated Polymers from Chemical Structure. Cell Reports Phys. Sci. 2022, 3 (6), 100911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2022.100911.
(110) Cao, Z.; Ma, G.; Leng, M.; Zhang, S.; Chen, J.; Do, C.; Hong, K.; Fang, L.; Gu, X. Variable-Temperature Scattering and Spectroscopy Characterizations for Temperature-Dependent Solution Assembly of PffBT4T-Based Conjugated Polymers. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2022, acsapm.1c01511. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c01511.
(111) Galuska, L. A.; Ocheje, M. U.; Ahmad, Z. C.; Rondeau-Gagné, S.; Gu, X. Elucidating the Role of Hydrogen Bonds for Improved Mechanical Properties in a High-Performance Semiconducting Polymer. Chem. Mater. 2022, 34 (5), 2259–2267. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04055.
(112) Qian, Z.; Galuska, L. A.; Ma, G.; McNutt, W. W.; Zhang, S.; Mei, J.; Gu, X. Backbone Flexibility on Conjugated Polymer’s Crystallization Behavior and Thin Film Mechanical Stability. J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 60 (3), 548–558. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20210462.
(113) Zhang, S.; Galuska, L. A.; Gu, X. Water‐assisted Mechanical Testing of Polymeric thin‐films. J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 60 (7), 1108–1129. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20210281.
(114) Gu, X.; Patton, D. 50 Years of Excellence in Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Southern Mississippi. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2022, 43 (24), 2200898. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202200898.
(115) Shi, J.; Li, P.; Deng, X.-Y.; Xu, J.; Huang, Z.; Lei, Y.; Wang, Y.; Wang, J.-Y.; Gu, X.; Lei, T. Revealing the Role of Polaron Distribution on the Performance of N-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors. Chem. Mater. 2022, 34(2), 864–872. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04037.
(116) Qi, Y.; Green, K. A.; Ma, G.; Jha, S.; Gollinger, K.; Wang, C.; Gu, X.; Patton, D.; Morgan, S. E.; Dai, Q. Passivation of Iodine Vacancies of Perovskite Films by Reducing Iodine to Triiodide Anions for High-Performance Photovoltaics. Chem. Eng. J. 2022, 438 (March), 135647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.135647.
(117) Wu, Y.; Ocheje, M. U.; Mechael, S. S.; Wang, Y.; Landry, E.; Gu, X.; Xiang, P.; Carmichael, T. B.; Rondeau‐Gagné, S. From Chlorinated Solvents to Branched Polyethylene: Solvent‐Induced Phase Separation for the Greener Processing of Semiconducting Polymers. Adv. Electron. Mater. 2022, 8 (2), 2100928. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202100928.
(118) Ding, Y.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, H.; Wang, Y.; Gu, X.; Wang, X.; Qiu, L. Improving Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Blend Films via Optimizing Solution-Processable Techniques and Controlling the Semiconductor Molecular Weight. Macromolecules 2022. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00765.
(119) Chen, X.; Li, J.-T.; Fang, Y.-H.; Deng, X.-Y.; Wang, X.-Q.; Liu, G.; Wang, Y.; Gu, X.; Jiang, S.-D.; Lei, T. High-Mobility Semiconducting Polymers with Different Spin Ground States. Nat. Commun. 2022, 13 (1), 2258. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29918-w.
(120) Mburu, M. M.; Lu, K.; Prine, N. L.; Au‐Duong, A.; Chiang, W.; Gu, X.; Chiu, Y. Conjugated Polymer‐Wrapped Single‐Wall Carbon Nanotubes for High‐Mobility Photonic/Electrical Fully Modulated Synaptic Transistor. Adv. Mater. Technol. 2022, 2101506. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202101506.
(121) Mehringer, K. D.; Davis, B. J.; Kemp, L. K.; Ma, G.; Hunt, S. B.; Storey, R. F.; Gu, X.; Thornell, T. L.; Wedgeworth, D. N.; Simon, Y. C.; et al. Synthesis and Morphology of High‐Molecular‐Weight Polyisobutylene–Polystyrene Block Copolymers Containing Dynamic Covalent Bonds. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2022, 2200487, 2200487. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202200487.
(122) Chiong, J. A.; Zheng, Y.; Zhang, S.; Ma, G.; Wu, Y.; Ngaruka, G.; Lin, Y.; Gu, X.; Bao, Z. Impact of Molecular Design on Degradation Lifetimes of Degradable Imine-Based Semiconducting Polymers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (8), 3717–3726. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c12845.
(123) Rosas Villalva, D.; Singh, S.; Galuska, L. A.; Sharma, A.; Han, J.; Liu, J.; Haque, M. A.; Jang, S.; Emwas, A. H.; Koster, L. J. A.; et al. Backbone-Driven Host–Dopant Miscibility Modulates Molecular Doping in NDI Conjugated Polymers. Mater. Horizons 2022, 9 (1), 500–508. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MH01357B.
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(126) Qi, Y.; Yaddehige, M. L.; Green, K. A.; Moore, J.; Jha, S.; Ma, G.; Wang, C.; Watkins, D. L.; Gu, X.; Patton, D.; et al. Perovskite Films Passivated by a Dendrimer toward High Efficiency and High Stability Devices. J. Power Sources 2022, 536 (March), 231518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231518.
(127) Steelman, M.; Adams, D. J.; Mayer, K. S.; Mahalingavelar, P.; Liu, C.-T.; Eedugurala, N.; Lockart, M.; Wang, Y.; Gu, X.; Bowman, M. K.; et al. Magnetic Ordering in a High-Spin Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Polymer. Adv. Mater. 2022, n/a (n/a), 2206161. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202206161.
(128) Sommerville, P. J. W.; Balzer, A. H.; Lecroy, G.; Guio, L.; Wang, Y.; Onorato, J. W.; Kukhta, N. A.; Gu, X.; Salleo, A.; Stingelin, N.; et al. Influence of Side Chain Interdigitation on Strain and Charge Mobility of Planar Indacenodithiophene Copolymers. ACS Polym. Au 2022, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1021/acspolymersau.2c00034.
(129) Liu, D.; Lei, Y.; Ji, X.; Wu, Y.; Lin, Y.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, S.; Zheng, Y.; Chen, Y.; Lai, J.-C.; et al. Tuning the Mechanical and Electric Properties of Conjugated Polymer Semiconductors: Side-Chain Design Based on Asymmetric Benzodithiophene Building Blocks. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, n/a (n/a), 2203527. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202203527.
(130) Chen, T.; Ye, G.; Wu, H.; Qi, S.; Ma, G.; Zhang, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Zhu, J.; Gu, X.; Liu, N. Highly Conductive and Underwater Stable Ionic Skin for All‐Day Epidermal Biopotential Monitoring. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, n/a (n/a), 2206424. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202206424.
(131) Zhang, Q.; Ma, G.; Green, K. A.; Gollinger, K.; Moore, J.; Demeritte, T.; Ray, P. C.; Hill, G. A.; Gu, X.; Morgan, S. E.; et al. FAPbI 3 Perovskite Films Prepared by Solvent Self-Volatilization for Photovoltaic Applications. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5 (2), 1487–1495. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c02879.
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