Deciphering the three-dimensional morphology of free-standing block copolymer thin films by transmission electron microscopy

Micron

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 442-450

  Allen, Frances I ^a,b   Ercius, Peter ^a   Modestino, Miguel A ^a,c   Segalman, Rachel A ^a,c   Balsara, Nitash P ^a,c   Minor, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Block copolymer morphology; Casting solvent; Electron tomography; Energy filtered TEM; PS b PEO thin films; Salt doping

Indexed keywords

AS-CAST; BINARY SOLVENTS; BLOCK COPOLYMER FILMS; BLOCK COPOLYMER THIN FILMS; CATION COORDINATION; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; MULTI-METHOD APPROACH; SPIN CASTING; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL MORPHOLOGY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLVENTS; STYRENE; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84870701111     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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