Abstract: A compound comprising an aromatic group or a heteroaromatic group, wherein the aromatic group or the heteroaromatic group comprises a first substituent group comprising an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, a second substituent group that is an iodine atom, and a third substituent group comprising an acid-labile group, wherein the first substituent group, the second substituent group, and the third substituent group are each bonded to a different carbon atom of the aromatic group or the heteroaromatic group.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and electroswing adsorption cells with patterned electrodes. The patterned electrode includes a plurality of electrolyte regions, a plurality of gas regions and a conductive scaffold. The conductive scaffold extends into the plurality of electrolyte regions and includes an electroactive species. Methods for the manufacture of the electrode, the electroswing adsorption cell and gas separation systems including the electroswing adsorption cell are also described.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for doping a substrate, comprising disposing a composition comprising a dopant-containing copolymer and a solvent on a substrate; and annealing the substrate at a temperature of 750 to 1300° C. for 0.1 second to 24 hours to diffuse a dopant into the substrate; wherein the dopant-containing copolymer comprises a non-dopant-containing polymer and a dopant-containing polymer; and where the dopant-containing polymer is a polymer having a covalently or ionically bound dopant atom and is present in a smaller volume fraction than the non-dopant-containing polymer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for doping a substrate, comprising disposing a coating of a composition comprising a copolymer, a dopant precursor and a solvent on a substrate; where the copolymer is capable of phase segregating and embedding the dopant precursor while in solution; and annealing the substrate at a temperature of 750 to 1300° C. for 0.1 second to 24 hours to diffuse the dopant into the substrate. Disclosed herein too is a semiconductor substrate comprising embedded dopant domains of diameter 3 to 30 nanometers; where the domains comprise Group 13 or Group 15 atoms, wherein the embedded spherical domains are located within 30 nanometers of the substrate surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for doping a substrate, comprising disposing a coating of a composition comprising a copolymer, a dopant precursor and a solvent on a substrate; where the copolymer is capable of phase segregating and embedding the dopant precursor while in solution; and annealing the substrate at a temperature of 750 to 1300° C. for 0.1 second to 24 hours to diffuse the dopant into the substrate. Disclosed herein too is a semiconductor substrate comprising embedded dopant domains of diameter 3 to 30 nanometers; where the domains comprise Group 13 or Group 15 atoms, wherein the embedded spherical domains are located within 30 nanometers of the substrate surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for doping a substrate, comprising disposing a coating of a composition comprising a copolymer, a dopant precursor and a solvent on a substrate; where the copolymer is capable of phase segregating and embedding the dopant precursor while in solution; and annealing the substrate at a temperature of 750 to 1300° C. for 0.1 second to 24 hours to diffuse the dopant into the substrate. Disclosed herein too is a semiconductor substrate comprising embedded dopant domains of diameter 3 to 30 nanometers; where the domains comprise Group 13 or Group 15 atoms, wherein the embedded spherical domains are located within 30 nanometers of the substrate surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for doping a substrate, comprising disposing a coating of a composition comprising a copolymer, a dopant precursor and a solvent on a substrate; where the copolymer is capable of phase segregating and embedding the dopant precursor while in solution; and annealing the substrate at a temperature of 750 to 1300° C. for 0.1 second to 24 hours to diffuse the dopant into the substrate. Disclosed herein too is a semiconductor substrate comprising embedded dopant domains of diameter 3 to 30 nanometers; where the domains comprise Group 13 or Group 15 atoms, wherein the embedded spherical domains are located within 30 nanometers of the substrate surface.