Designing high χ copolymer materials for nanotechnology applications: A systematic bulk vs. thin films approach

PP Angelopoulou, I Moutsios, GM Manesi… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review article discusses the origins of self-assembly behavior of linear and non-linear
block co-and terpolymers and their application towards the fabrication of high-resolution …

Recent progress in responsive photonic crystals of block copolymers

S Liu, Y Yang, L Zhang, J Xu, J Zhu - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Responsive block copolymer photonic crystals (BCP PCs) have a tunable photonic band
gap (PBG) and structural colour under external stimuli, enabling their wide applications in …

Recent advances on the structure–properties relationship of multiblock copolymers

GP Baeza - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multiblock copolymers represent a fascinating class of materials that sits at the very heart of
industrial applications and fundamental polymer science. They are most often made of a …

Ring Expansion Alkyne Metathesis Polymerization

AM Beauchamp, J Chakraborty, I Ghiviriga… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The synthesis, characterization, and preliminary activity of an unprecedented tethered
alkylidyne tungsten complex for ring expansion alkyne metathesis polymerization (REAMP) …

Preparation, properties, and bioapplications of block copolymer nanopatterns

R Fontelo, RL Reis, R Novoa‐Carballal… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Block copolymer (BCP) self‐assembly has emerged as a feasible method for large‐scale
fabrication with remarkable precision–features that are not common for most of the …

Architectural Design of Block Copolymers

Z Xu, Q Dong, W Li - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Highly designable architectures of polymers endow the same polymer with different
properties. In principle, diverse architectures should enrich the self-assembly behavior of …

Topological effects near order–disorder transitions in symmetric diblock copolymer melts

T Herschberg, JMY Carrillo, BG Sumpter… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The effects of polymer chain topology on the order–disorder transition of symmetric AB
diblock copolymer melts are studied using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations …

Deep learning-based estimation of Flory–Huggins parameter of A–B block copolymers from cross-sectional images of phase-separated structures

K Hagita, T Aoyagi, Y Abe, S Genda, T Honda - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In this study, deep learning (DL)-based estimation of the Flory–Huggins χ parameter of AB
diblock copolymers from two-dimensional cross-sectional images of three-dimensional (3D) …

Molecular Simulations Revealing Effects of Non-concatenated Ring Topology on Phase Behavior of Symmetric Diblock Copolymers

A Wijesekera, DL Vigil, T Ge - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
The distinctiveness of nonconcatenated ring polymers, as manifested in their fractal globular
conformations and self-similar dynamics with no long-lived entanglement network, propels …

Snapshot of cyclooctyne ring-opening to a tethered alkylidene cyclic polymer catalyst

JM Hurst, R Yadav, PT Boeck, I Ghiviriga… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclooctyne reacts with the trianionic pincer ligand supported alkylidyne [tBuOCO] WCC
(CH3) 3 (THF) 2 (1) to yield tungstacyclopropene (3) and tungstacyclopentadiene (4) …