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Semiconducting polymers

Terra incognita unravelled

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Direct visualization of polymer semiconductor structure in electrolyte environments and across length scales facilitates mechanistic understanding of this versatile but complex class of materials.

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Fig. 1: Annotated photographs of pasta representing flexible chain versus board-like polymers.

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