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Block Copolymer Directed Nanocomposites for Fuel Cell Applications

Dermis T., Mayavan S., Dutta N.K., Choudhury N.R., Holdcroft S., University of South Australia, AU

BLOCK COPOLYMER DIRECTED NANOCOMPOSITES FOR FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS Terry Dermis1 Sundar Mayavan1, Naba K. Dutta1, Namita Roy Choudhury1, Steven Holdcroft2, 1Ian Wark Research Institute, ARC Special Research Centre, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Blvd., [...]

Block Copolymer Directed Nanocomposites for Fuel Cell Applications

Dermis T., Mayavan S., Dutta N.K., Choudhury N.R., Holdcroft S., University of South Australia, AU

Block copolymers [1,2] and ionomers comprising fluoro/non-fluoro segments have significant potential applications in the field of fuel cell. However, they are very difficult to synthesize; because fluoro monomers are not amenable to living ionic polymerization [...]