Reducing substrate pinning of block copolymer microdomains with a buffer layer of polymer brushes

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 857-865

  Harrison, Christopher ^a   Chaikin, Paul M ^a   Huse, David A ^a   Register, Richard A ^b   Adamson, Douglas H ^b   Daniel, Abishai ^b,c   Huang, E ^d   Mansky, P ^d,e   Russell, T P ^d   Hawker, Craig J ^f   Egolf, David A ^g   Melnikov, Ilarion V ^g   Bodenschatz, Eberhard ^g  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYSTYRENES; SUBSTRATES; VOLUME FRACTION;

BUFFER LAYER; MICRODOMAINS; POLYMER BRUSHES; SUBSTRATE PINNING;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 18244428853     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma991551g     Document Type: Article

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