Resolving Triblock Terpolymer Morphologies by Vapor-Phase Infiltration
Abstract
The spontaneous formation of well-organized three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures from self-assembled block copolymers (BCPs) holds promise for nanofabrication and lithography. The addition of a third block to BCPs provides access to a plethora of 3D geometries, but it remains difficult to resolve the geometry of such “three-color” structures when there is low contrast between the polymeric components at length scales of a few nm. Here, we apply vapor-phase infiltration synthesis to a silicon-containing triblock terpolymer, poly(1,1- dimethyl silacyclobutane-b-styrene-b-lactide) (PDMSB-b-PS-b-PLA or DSL) to distinguish the 3D microdomain morphologies of the two organic blocks, PLA and PS. Selective infiltration of ZnO within the PLA microdomains reveals morphologies consisting of three-color lamellae or lamellae combined with vertically aligned core-shell cylinders, depending on the volume fractions of each block. The infiltration produces ZnO nanoparticles throughout the 260 nm thickness of the DSL film, generating 3D nanocomposites containing ZnO and SiOx. These results provide a strategy for synthesizing multicomponent 3D nanostructures as well as visualizing the phase behavior of multi-block copolymers.
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- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Univ. de Bordeaux, (France)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Sichuan Univ., Chengdu (China)
- Univ. de Bordeaux, (France); Montpellier Univ. (France)
- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1644000
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-216195-2020-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0897-4756;1520-5002
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Chemistry of Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 32; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 0897-4756
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Lee, Sangho, Subramanian, Ashwanth, Tiwale, Nikhil, Kisslinger, Kim, Mumtaz, Muhammad, Shi, Ling-Ying, Aissou, Karim, Nam, Chang-Yong, and Ross, Caroline A. Resolving Triblock Terpolymer Morphologies by Vapor-Phase Infiltration. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01647.
Lee, Sangho, Subramanian, Ashwanth, Tiwale, Nikhil, Kisslinger, Kim, Mumtaz, Muhammad, Shi, Ling-Ying, Aissou, Karim, Nam, Chang-Yong, & Ross, Caroline A. Resolving Triblock Terpolymer Morphologies by Vapor-Phase Infiltration. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01647
Lee, Sangho, Subramanian, Ashwanth, Tiwale, Nikhil, Kisslinger, Kim, Mumtaz, Muhammad, Shi, Ling-Ying, Aissou, Karim, Nam, Chang-Yong, and Ross, Caroline A. Wed .
"Resolving Triblock Terpolymer Morphologies by Vapor-Phase Infiltration". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01647. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1644000.
@article{osti_1644000,
title = {Resolving Triblock Terpolymer Morphologies by Vapor-Phase Infiltration},
author = {Lee, Sangho and Subramanian, Ashwanth and Tiwale, Nikhil and Kisslinger, Kim and Mumtaz, Muhammad and Shi, Ling-Ying and Aissou, Karim and Nam, Chang-Yong and Ross, Caroline A.},
abstractNote = {The spontaneous formation of well-organized three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures from self-assembled block copolymers (BCPs) holds promise for nanofabrication and lithography. The addition of a third block to BCPs provides access to a plethora of 3D geometries, but it remains difficult to resolve the geometry of such “three-color” structures when there is low contrast between the polymeric components at length scales of a few nm. Here, we apply vapor-phase infiltration synthesis to a silicon-containing triblock terpolymer, poly(1,1- dimethyl silacyclobutane-b-styrene-b-lactide) (PDMSB-b-PS-b-PLA or DSL) to distinguish the 3D microdomain morphologies of the two organic blocks, PLA and PS. Selective infiltration of ZnO within the PLA microdomains reveals morphologies consisting of three-color lamellae or lamellae combined with vertically aligned core-shell cylinders, depending on the volume fractions of each block. The infiltration produces ZnO nanoparticles throughout the 260 nm thickness of the DSL film, generating 3D nanocomposites containing ZnO and SiOx. These results provide a strategy for synthesizing multicomponent 3D nanostructures as well as visualizing the phase behavior of multi-block copolymers.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01647},
journal = {Chemistry of Materials},
number = 12,
volume = 32,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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