FIG. 6.6 (a)–(d) Schematic illustration of sample vitrification and thermal fixation, (e) and (f) C-TEM images of sodium dendrite at low and high magnification (inset image showing HRTEM image of Na₂CO₃) and (f) show the self-assembly of the complex ( Zuo et al., 2004 ; and Zhu et al., 2020 ). More about this image found in (a)–(d) Schematic illustration of sample vitrification and thermal fixation...

FIG. 8.4 Schematic illustration of the synthesis of the 2D mesoporous PPy nanosheets. (a) Formation of spherical micelles and 2D lipid bilayers derived from the self-assembly of block polymers and aliphatic amine in mixed solvents at room temperature, respectively. (b) Supramolecular sandwich-like structure formed by monolayer arrangement of the spherical blockpolymers micelles on the 2D surfaces of the octadecylamine bilayers. (c) Coassembly of block polymer micelles and pyrrole monomers on the octadecylamine surfaces. (d) Formation of pristine 2D mesoporous PPy nanosheets by synergic template-directed polymerization of pyrrole monomers upon the addition of ammonium persulfate. (e) As-made mesoporous PPy nanosheets after the removal of both octadecylamine and block polymer templates. (f) Nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherm of the mPPy-1 and 2 nanosheets. Reprinted with permission from Liu et al., Adv. Mater. 28 (38), 8365–8370 (2016). Copyright 2016 Wiley-VCH. More about this image found in Schematic illustration of the synthesis of the 2D mesoporous PPy nanosheets...