Morphological Considerations

In attempts to better understand dendrimer intramolecular morphology, considerable attention was devoted to the fractional free volume near the glass temperature [40, 49, 50], Because all of the studies were performed within the WLF temperature range, the data were analyzed using the equation... 

To achieve high conductance, both reasonable conductivity and mechanical stability in a thin film form are required. Semi-crystalline polymers have superior mechanical characteristics but vastly inferior conductivity properties to those which are fully amorphous (and well above their Tg), since ionic motion does not occur in the crystalline regions. The design of an optimized electrolyte for battery use is in fact more strongly dictated by morphological considerations (which are affected by the choice of dissolved salt) than by the selection of a system containing a solute with a high cationic transference number. 

The Durham route leads to dense continuous films of polyacetylene, and the morphology details of films or fibres produced from the precursor polymer is dependent upon the type of conversion utilized. Consequently, the morphological considerations can vary from amorphous materials to highly oriented stretched films. 

Virkar AA, Mannsfeld S, Bao Z, Stmgelin N (2010) Organic semiconductor growth and morphology considerations for organic thin-film transistors. Adv Mater 22 3857-3875... 

Peterlin [58] has based his proposal on the origin of submicrocracks on morphological considerations and analysis of the previously mentioned X-ray data... 

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