Millisecond Ordering of Block Copolymer Films via Photothermal Gradients

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3896-3906

  Majewski, Pawel W ^a   Yager, Kevin G ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

block copolymers; coarsening kinetics; directed self assembly; laser zone annealing; thermophoresis

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOPHORESIS;

BLOCK COPOLYMER FILMS; BLOCK COPOLYMER THIN FILMS; COARSENING KINETICS; DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY; MORPHOLOGICAL DEFECTS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; THERMOPHORETIC FORCE; ZONE ANNEALING;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84928958229     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5071827     Document Type: Article

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