Templated nanofiber synthesis via chemical vapor polymerization into liquid crystalline films

Cheng, Kenneth C.  K.; Bedolla-Pantoja, Marco A.; Kim, Young-Ki; Gregory, Jason V.; Xie, Fan; de France, Alexander; Hussal, Christoph; Sun, Kai; Abbott, Nicholas L.; Lahann, Joerg

doi:10.1126/science.aar8449

Title: Templated nanofiber synthesis via chemical vapor polymerization into liquid crystalline films

Abstract

Extrusion, electrospinning, and microdrawing are widely used to create fibrous polymer mats, but these approaches offer limited access to oriented arrays of nanometer-scale fibers with controlled size, shape, and lateral organization. We show that chemical vapor polymerization can be performed on surfaces coated with thin films of liquid crystals to synthesize organized assemblies of end-attached polymer nanofibers. The process uses low concentrations of radical monomers formed initially in the vapor phase and then diffused into the liquid-crystal template. This minimizes monomer-induced changes to the liquid-crystal phase and enables access to nanofiber arrays with complex yet precisely defined structures and compositions. Finally, the nanofiber arrays permit tailoring of a wide range of functional properties, including adhesion that depends on nanofiber chirality.

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Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); IBM Research, Albany, NY (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (Germany)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (Germany)

Publication Date:: Fri Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2018

Research Org.:: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Army Research Office (ARO)

OSTI Identifier:: 1616864

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0004025; W911NF-11-1-0251; W911NF-17-1-0575; DMR-1720415

Resource Type:: Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Science

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 362; Journal Issue: 6416; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075

Publisher:: AAAS

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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                    Cheng, Kenneth C.  K., Bedolla-Pantoja, Marco A., Kim, Young-Ki, Gregory, Jason V., Xie, Fan, de France, Alexander, Hussal, Christoph, Sun, Kai, Abbott, Nicholas L., and Lahann, Joerg. Templated nanofiber synthesis via chemical vapor polymerization into liquid crystalline films.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
        Web.  doi:10.1126/science.aar8449.

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                    Cheng, Kenneth C.  K., Bedolla-Pantoja, Marco A., Kim, Young-Ki, Gregory, Jason V., Xie, Fan, de France, Alexander, Hussal, Christoph, Sun, Kai, Abbott, Nicholas L., & Lahann, Joerg. Templated nanofiber synthesis via chemical vapor polymerization into liquid crystalline films.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar8449

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                    Cheng, Kenneth C.  K., Bedolla-Pantoja, Marco A., Kim, Young-Ki, Gregory, Jason V., Xie, Fan, de France, Alexander, Hussal, Christoph, Sun, Kai, Abbott, Nicholas L., and Lahann, Joerg. 2018.  
        "Templated nanofiber synthesis via chemical vapor polymerization into liquid crystalline films".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar8449.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1616864.

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@article{osti_1616864,

  title        = {Templated nanofiber synthesis via chemical vapor polymerization into liquid crystalline films},

  author       = {Cheng, Kenneth C.  K. and Bedolla-Pantoja, Marco A. and Kim, Young-Ki and Gregory, Jason V. and Xie, Fan and de France, Alexander and Hussal, Christoph and Sun, Kai and Abbott, Nicholas L. and Lahann, Joerg},

  abstractNote = {Extrusion, electrospinning, and microdrawing are widely used to create fibrous polymer mats, but these approaches offer limited access to oriented arrays of nanometer-scale fibers with controlled size, shape, and lateral organization. We show that chemical vapor polymerization can be performed on surfaces coated with thin films of liquid crystals to synthesize organized assemblies of end-attached polymer nanofibers. The process uses low concentrations of radical monomers formed initially in the vapor phase and then diffused into the liquid-crystal template. This minimizes monomer-induced changes to the liquid-crystal phase and enables access to nanofiber arrays with complex yet precisely defined structures and compositions. Finally, the nanofiber arrays permit tailoring of a wide range of functional properties, including adhesion that depends on nanofiber chirality.},

  doi          = {10.1126/science.aar8449},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1616864},
  journal      = {Science},

  issn         = {0036-8075},

  number       = 6416,

  volume       = 362,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2018},

  month        = {Fri Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2018}

}

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