Solid-state proton-conductive materials have been of great interest for several decades due to their promising application as electrolytes in fuel cells and electrochemical devices. Metal–organic (MOMs) recently intensively investigated a new type materials. The highly crystalline nature structural designability MOMs make them advantageous over conventional noncrystalline materials—the detailed...

We show here the first example of a hydrogel formed from a symmetrically functionalised diketopyrrolopyrrole aromatic core. Gelation is triggered by change in pH. Not only does this gelator form aggregated, entangled structures at low pH, but it also forms worm-like micelles at high pH. The structures at high pH can be aligned using shear to provide conductive materials.

Graphene-sulfur composites with sulfur fractions as high as 87 wt% are prepared using a simple one-pot, scalable method. The graphene envelops the sulfur particles, providing a conductive shrink-wrap for electron transport. These materials are efficient cathodes for Li-S batteries, yielding 93% coulombic efficiency over 50 cycles with good capacity.

Light to wear: Aluminum coated fibrous materials with excellent electrical conductivity and mechanical endurance are fabricated at room temperature by a chemical solution process. The resulting aluminum-coated conductive papers and threads can be used in electric circuits for flexible and wearable electronics.

Deformable, spherical aggregates of metal nanoparticles connected by long-chain dithiol ligands self-assemble into nanostructured materials of macroscopic dimensions. These materials are plastic and moldable against arbitrarily shaped masters and can be thermally hardened into polycrystalline metal structures of controllable porosity. In addition, in both plastic and hardened states, the assemb...

The development of a conductive fiber produced from an inherently conductive polymer (ICP) polyaniline (PANI) was accomplished during this the third year of our National Textile Center funding. This goal accomplished the stated mission of the research effort. The fiber produced has tensile properties approaching that of nylon 6 and a conductivity of around 350 S/cm. This achievement has led to ...