@article { ISI:000335620500016,
	title = {Effect of self-assembly on triiodide diffusion in water based polymer gel electrolytes: an application in dye solar cell},
	journal = {Journal of Colloid and Interface Science},
	volume = {425},
	year = {2014},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {110-117},
	publisher = {ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE},
	type = {Article},
	address = {525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA},
	abstract = {<p>The preparation of ordered polymer gels from the amphiphilic block copolymers, Pluronic (R) F77, P123 and polyethylene glycol in the presence of ionic liquid, iodine and organic additives is presented. At 35\%(w/w) concentration these copolymers (F77 and P123) self-assembled into cubic liquid crystalline phase in aqueous solution and characterized by using SAXS and AFM measurements. The effects of micellar aggregation formed by polymers on the ionic transport and triiodide diffusion have been studied by electro-chemistry and SANS experiments. The ionic migration or triiodide diffusion through these polymer gels is found to be affected by the PEO/PPO content in the polymer backbone. These gels were successfully employed as an electrolyte in a dye sensitized solar cell. A remarkable solar to electricity conversion efficiency and good stability was obtained using Pluronic (R) F77 based gel, which is attributed to its thermoreversible sol to gel transition. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Amphiphilic block copolymer, Dye solar cell, Micellar nanochannels, SANS, SAXS, Self-assembly, Water based gel electrolytes},
	issn = {0021-9797},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jcis.2014.03.047},
	author = {Soni, S. S. and Fadadu, K. B. and Vekariya, R. L. and Debgupta, Joyashish and Patel, K. D. and Gibaud, A. and Aswal, Vinod K.}
}
@article { ISI:000340414900005,
	title = {Effect of the branching pattern of hydrophobic dendrons on the core structure of linear-dendritic copolymer micelles},
	journal = {Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics},
	volume = {215},
	number = {15},
	year = {2014},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {1456-1465},
	publisher = {WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH},
	type = {Article},
	address = {BOSCHSTRASSE 12, D-69469 WEINHEIM, GERMANY},
	abstract = {<p>Hydrophobic dendrons based on different branching patterns, viz. 3,5-di- and 3,4,5-trisubstituted phenyl rings, consist of the same backbone but exhibit different sizes, shapes, and hydrophobic densities. These dendrons are attached to poly(ethylene glycol) and the core properties of the copolymer micelles are investigated in tetrahydrofuran (THF)/water mixtures by neutron scattering. Two polymers with intermediate hydrophobicity are studied further with variations in the solvent composition and the temperature. The aggregation numbers for 3,4,5-based dendron copolymers are lower, with more THF molecules of solvation compared with the 3,5-based dendron copolymer, the difference being greater at higher generations due to different molecular shapes. The micellar core size increases in small steps with dendron size so that dye encapsulation is tuned.</p>},
	keywords = {diblock copolymers, linear-dendritic copolymers, micelles, neutron scattering, structure-property relations},
	issn = {1022-1352},
	doi = {10.1002/macp.201400150},
	author = {Kalva, Nagendra and Aswal, Vinod K. and Ambade, Ashootosh V.}
}
