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Title: Pathway-engineering for highly-aligned block copolymer arrays

Abstract

While kinetic aspects of self-assembly can hinder ordering, non-equilibirum effects can also be exploited to enforce a particular kind of order. We develop a pathway-engineering approach, using it to select a particular arrangement of a block copolymer cylinder phase.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1425014
Report Number(s):
BNL-114832-2017-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364; NANOHL
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nanoscale
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Choo, Youngwoo, Majewski, Paweł W., Fukuto, Masafumi, Osuji, Chinedum O., and Yager, Kevin G. Pathway-engineering for highly-aligned block copolymer arrays. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1039/C7NR06069F.
Choo, Youngwoo, Majewski, Paweł W., Fukuto, Masafumi, Osuji, Chinedum O., & Yager, Kevin G. Pathway-engineering for highly-aligned block copolymer arrays. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR06069F
Choo, Youngwoo, Majewski, Paweł W., Fukuto, Masafumi, Osuji, Chinedum O., and Yager, Kevin G. 2017. "Pathway-engineering for highly-aligned block copolymer arrays". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR06069F. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1425014.
@article{osti_1425014,
title = {Pathway-engineering for highly-aligned block copolymer arrays},
author = {Choo, Youngwoo and Majewski, Paweł W. and Fukuto, Masafumi and Osuji, Chinedum O. and Yager, Kevin G.},
abstractNote = {While kinetic aspects of self-assembly can hinder ordering, non-equilibirum effects can also be exploited to enforce a particular kind of order. We develop a pathway-engineering approach, using it to select a particular arrangement of a block copolymer cylinder phase.},
doi = {10.1039/C7NR06069F},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1425014}, journal = {Nanoscale},
issn = {2040-3364},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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