Orientation of self-assembled block copolymer cylinders perpendicular to electric field in mesoscale film

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 871-873

  Elhadj, S ^a   Woody, J W ^a   Niu, V S ^a   Saraf, R F ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LITHOGRAPHY; MASKS; POLYSTYRENES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

MESOSCALE FILMS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037428687     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1543253     Document Type: Article

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