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Probing the solid–liquid interface

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Exploring the minute mechanical deformations induced by electrical bias at the interface with electrolytes allows the identification of local crystallinity and distinguishing adsorption and intercalation of ions in electroactive polymers.

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Figure 1: Effect of molecular order on the nature of the semiconducting polymer–electrolyte interface.

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  1. Science and Technology Department, Xavier Crispin is at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University, SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden,

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  2. Sergei Kalinin is at the Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA,

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