Detailed mesoscale dynamic simulation of block copolymer directed self-assembly processes: Application of protracted colored noise dynamics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8323, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Peters, Andrew J ^a   Lawson, Richard A ^a   Ludovice, Peter J ^a   Henderson, Clifford L ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

block copolymer; modeling; molecular dynamics; PMMA; polystyrene; protracted colored noise dynamics; self assembly; simulation

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTIUSER DETECTION; POLYSTYRENES; SELF ASSEMBLY; WHITE NOISE;

COLORED NOISE; CURRENT SIMULATION; DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; MEAN FIELD APPROACH; PMMA; SIMULATION; SIMULATION APPROACH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84878420262     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.918077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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