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

Journal Article · 15 November 2018 · Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar8449 · OSTI ID:1616864

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Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); IBM Research, Albany, NY (United States); Cornell University
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)

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

Sponsoring Organization:: US Army Research Office (ARO); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0004025

OSTI ID:: 1616864

Journal Information:: Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 6416 Vol. 362; ISSN 0036-8075

Publisher:: AAASCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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