Unidirectionally aligned line patterns driven by entropic effects on faceted surfaces

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1402-1406

  Hong, Sung Woo ^a   Huh, June ^b   Gu, Xiaodan ^a   Lee, Dong Hyun ^a   Jo, Won Ho ^c   Park, Soojin ^d   Xu, Ting ^e   Russell, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Directed self assembly; Long range order; Pattern transfer

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMER; COPOLYMER; NANOWIRE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DIRECTED SELF ASSEMBLY; ENERGY; ENTROPY; MAGNETISM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84863116130     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115803109     Document Type: Article

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