The turn of the 21st century heralded in the semiconductor age alongside the Anthropocene
epoch, characterised by the ever-increasing human impact on the environment. The …

Metal oxides are of much interest in a large number of applications, ranging from
microelectronics to catalysis, for which reducing the dimensions to the nanoscale is …

A facile and versatile strategy was developed to produce highly ordered porous metal oxide
structures via block copolymer (BCP) lithography. Phase separation of poly (2-vinylpyridine) …

Developing vapor phase infiltration (VPI) processes for area selective polymer
nanopatterning requires substantial advancement in understanding precursor infiltration …

A reliable method for preparing a conformal amorphous carbon (a‐C) layer with a thickness
of 1‐nm‐level, is tested as a possible Cu diffusion barrier layer for next‐generation ultrahigh …

In this work, we show that in order to fabricate coherent titania (TiO2) films with precise
thickness control, it is critical to generate a complete polymer brush monolayer. To date …

Assembling ultrahigh-molecular-weight (UHMW) block copolymers (BCPs) in rapid time
scales is perceived as a grand challenge in polymer science due to slow kinetics. Through …

Rising global demand for biodegradable materials and green sources of energy has brought
attention to lignin. Herein, we report a method for manufacturing standalone lignin …

Patterned, ultra‐thin surface layers can serve as templates for positioning nanoparticlesor
targeted self‐assembly of molecular structures, for example, block‐copolymers. This work …

We present a highly scalable, room-temperature strategy for fabricating vertical silicon
nanotube arrays derived from a toroidal micelle pattern via a water vapor-induced block …