Brian J. Elliott

TL;DR: This type of stable, liquidlike ion conductivity over a broad temperature range is typically not exhibited by conventional gelled-polymer- or liquid-crystal-based electrolytes, making this new material potentially valuable for enabling Li ion batteries that can operate more efficiently over a wider temperature range.

TL;DR: Cross-linked lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) assemblies represent a new class of polymer materials for membrane applications as discussed by the authors, which are formed by the phase-segregation and self-assembly of polymerizable amphiphiles in water into condensed ordered ensembles that can be cross-linked in situ with retention of microstructure.

TL;DR: In this article, a new approach to make selectively permeable butyl rubber (BR)-based materials that permit good water vapor transport as well as a high degree of chemical-agent rejection is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the selective vapor rejection performance of a cross-linked lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC)-butyl rubber (BR) composite membrane with a type I bicontinuous cubic (Q I ) morphology was studied for a water-soluble chemical nerve agent simulant, dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP).

TL;DR: A lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) monomer was successfully blended and cross-linked with commercial butyl rubber (BR) to afford ordered, nanoporous polymer composites as discussed by the authors.