Superconducting Quantum Metamaterials from High Pressure Melt Infiltration of Metals into Block Copolymer Double Gyroid Derived Ceramic Templates
Abstract
Mesoscale order can lead to emergent properties including phononic bandgaps or topologically protected states. Block copolymers offer a route to mesoscale periodic architectures, but their use as structure directing agents for metallic materials has not been fully realized. Here, a versatile approach to mesostructured metals via bulk block copolymer self–assembly derived ceramic templates, is demonstrated. Molten indium is infiltrated into mesoporous, double gyroidal silicon nitride templates under high pressure to yield bulk, 3D periodic nanocomposites as free–standing monoliths which exhibit emergent quantum–scale phenomena. Vortices are artificially introduced when double gyroidal indium metal behaves as a type II superconductor, with evidence of strong pinning centers arrayed on the order of the double gyroid lattice size. Sample behavior is reproducible over months, showing high stability. High pressure infiltration of bulk block copolymer self–assembly based ceramic templates is an enabling tool for studying high–quality metals with previously inaccessible architectures, and paves the way for the emerging field of block–copolymer derived quantum metamaterials.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1783091
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1785743; OSTI ID: 1813315
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0010560; DGE‐1650441; NNCI‐2025233; SC0017631; DMR‐1719875; DMR‐1829070; SC0012704; DE‐SC0010560; DE‐SC0017631; DE‐SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; block copolymers; mesoscale; metamaterials; quantum materials; self‐assembly; superconductors
Citation Formats
Thedford, R. Paxton, Beaucage, Peter A., Susca, Ethan M., Chao, Corson A., Nowack, Katja C., Van Dover, Robert B., Gruner, Sol M., and Wiesner, Ulrich. Superconducting Quantum Metamaterials from High Pressure Melt Infiltration of Metals into Block Copolymer Double Gyroid Derived Ceramic Templates. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.202100469.
Thedford, R. Paxton, Beaucage, Peter A., Susca, Ethan M., Chao, Corson A., Nowack, Katja C., Van Dover, Robert B., Gruner, Sol M., & Wiesner, Ulrich. Superconducting Quantum Metamaterials from High Pressure Melt Infiltration of Metals into Block Copolymer Double Gyroid Derived Ceramic Templates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202100469
Thedford, R. Paxton, Beaucage, Peter A., Susca, Ethan M., Chao, Corson A., Nowack, Katja C., Van Dover, Robert B., Gruner, Sol M., and Wiesner, Ulrich. Mon .
"Superconducting Quantum Metamaterials from High Pressure Melt Infiltration of Metals into Block Copolymer Double Gyroid Derived Ceramic Templates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202100469. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1783091.
@article{osti_1783091,
title = {Superconducting Quantum Metamaterials from High Pressure Melt Infiltration of Metals into Block Copolymer Double Gyroid Derived Ceramic Templates},
author = {Thedford, R. Paxton and Beaucage, Peter A. and Susca, Ethan M. and Chao, Corson A. and Nowack, Katja C. and Van Dover, Robert B. and Gruner, Sol M. and Wiesner, Ulrich},
abstractNote = {Mesoscale order can lead to emergent properties including phononic bandgaps or topologically protected states. Block copolymers offer a route to mesoscale periodic architectures, but their use as structure directing agents for metallic materials has not been fully realized. Here, a versatile approach to mesostructured metals via bulk block copolymer self–assembly derived ceramic templates, is demonstrated. Molten indium is infiltrated into mesoporous, double gyroidal silicon nitride templates under high pressure to yield bulk, 3D periodic nanocomposites as free–standing monoliths which exhibit emergent quantum–scale phenomena. Vortices are artificially introduced when double gyroidal indium metal behaves as a type II superconductor, with evidence of strong pinning centers arrayed on the order of the double gyroid lattice size. Sample behavior is reproducible over months, showing high stability. High pressure infiltration of bulk block copolymer self–assembly based ceramic templates is an enabling tool for studying high–quality metals with previously inaccessible architectures, and paves the way for the emerging field of block–copolymer derived quantum metamaterials.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.202100469},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 23,
volume = 31,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Mon Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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