Small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) experiments were performed with a NanoMax-IQ camera (Rigaku Innovative Technologies, Auburn Hills, MI, USA) equipped with a Cu target sealed tube source (
MicroMax 003 microfocus, Rigaku). Scattering data were recorded by a
Pilatus100 K detector (Dectris) and silver behenate was used as a reference to calibrate the sample-to-detector distance. To control the sample temperature, a Linkam HFS-X350-GI heating stage module with a T95 controller (Linkam Scientific) was used. For room-temperature scattering experiments, compression-molded polymer films were directly employed. For temperature-dependent scattering experiments, stainless-steel discs with a thickness of 2 mm and a central cylindrical hole (diameter of 2 mm) were employed as sample holders. To transfer samples into the sample holder, TAB:Zn was heated to 220 °C and transferred at this temperature. The heating and cooling rate for temperature-dependent scattering experiments was 10 °C min
−1, and samples were equilibrated at each temperature for 10 min before data collection was started. Scattering intensities are presented as a function of the momentum transfer
q = 4πλ
−1 sin(
θ/2), with the scattering angle
θ and the photon wavelength
λ = 0.1524 nm.
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