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 …

Directed Self‐Assembly of Liquid‐Crystalline Molecular Building Blocks for Sub‐5 nm Nanopatterning

K Nickmans, APHJ Schenning - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The thin‐film directed self‐assembly of molecular building blocks into oriented nanostructure
arrays enables next‐generation lithography at the sub‐5 nm scale. Currently, the fabrication …

Block copolymer‐based supramolecular ionogels for accurate on‐skin motion monitoring

KG Cho, S An, DH Cho, JH Kim, J Nam… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in wearable and stretchable on‐skin motion sensors has grown rapidly in recent
years. To expand their applicability, the sensing element must accurately detect external …

Fabrication of sub-3 nm feature size based on block copolymer self-assembly for next-generation nanolithography

J Kwak, AK Mishra, J Lee, KS Lee, C Choi… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
For ultrahigh-density storage media and D-RAM, the feature size of lithography should be
much reduced (say less than 10 nm). Though some research groups reported feature size of …

Poly(dimethylsiloxane-b-methyl methacrylate): A Promising Candidate for Sub-10 nm Patterning

Y Luo, D Montarnal, S Kim, W Shi, KP Barteau… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We report herein the modular synthesis and nanolithographic potential of poly
(dimethylsiloxane-block-methyl methacrylate)(PDMS-b-PMMA) with self-assembled …

Self-assembly of an ultrahigh-χ block copolymer with versatile etch selectivity

K Azuma, J Sun, Y Choo, Y Rokhlenko… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report the successful synthesis of previously inaccessible poly (3-hydroxystyrene)-block-
poly (dimethylsiloxane)(P3HS-b-PDMS) block copolymers (BCPs) with varying volume …

Gallol-based block copolymer with a high flory–huggins interaction parameter for next-generation lithography

AK Mishra, J Lee, S Kang, E Kim, C Choi… - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
The self-assembly of block copolymers has potential applications for next-generation
lithography with a small feature size of less than 10 nm. Though a feature size of∼ 5 nm has …

Synthesis of a fluoromethacrylate hydroxystyrene block copolymer capable of rapidly forming sub-5 nm domains at low temperatures

C Wang, X Li, H Deng - ACS Macro Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
A series of poly (pentadecafluorooctyl methacrylate)-block-polyhydroxystyrene (PPDFMA-b-
PHS) block copolymers (BCPs) were synthesized via reversible addition–fragmentation …

Sub-3-Nanometer Domain Spacings of Ultrahigh-χ Multiblock Copolymers with Pendant Ionic Groups

J Park, A Staiger, S Mecking, KI Winey - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
We investigated the temperature-dependent phase behavior and interaction parameter of
polyethylene-based multiblock copolymers with pendant ionic groups. These step-growth …

Lithium salt-induced microstructure and ordering in diblock copolymer/homopolymer blends

MT Irwin, RJ Hickey, S Xie, FS Bates, TP Lodge - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
This work details the phase behavior of a pseudoternary polymer blend system containing
poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO) and polystyrene (PS) homopolymers, a PS–PEO block …