Long-range ordering of block copolymer cylinders driven by combining thermal annealing and substrate functionalization

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2000-2011

  She, Ming Shiuan ^a   Lo, Ting Ya ^a   Ho, Rong Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

degradable block copolymers; mixed homopolymer brushes; orientation; thin films

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; DEGRADABLE BLOCK COPOLYMER; FUNCTIONALIZED SUBSTRATES; HYDROXYL-TERMINATED; HYDROXYL-TERMINATED PS; LONG-RANGE ORDERING; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; SUBSTRATE FUNCTIONALIZATION;

ANNEALING; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; MICROMETERS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICON WAFERS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 84875637376     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305725q     Document Type: Article

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