Mechanical properties of materials have long been one of the most fundamental and studied
areas of materials science for a myriad of applications. Recently, mechanical metamaterials …

Self-assembly of soft materials is broadly considered an attractive means of generating
nanoscale structures and patterns over large areas. However, the spontaneous formation of …

Block copolymer (BCP) nanopatterning has emerged as a versatile nanoscale fabrication
tool for semiconductor devices and other applications, because of its ability to organize well …

Block copolymer (BCP) represents a special type of polymeric system where each of the
polymer chains is composed of two or more chemically distinct homopolymer blocks that are …

One characteristic feature of soft matter systems is their strong response to external stimuli.
As a consequence they are comparatively easily driven out of their ground state and out of …

Recently, a new spotlight has been focused on block copolymers, thoroughly studied for
nearly half a century, because of their potential use in numerous nanotechnologies. This …

The ability to pattern functional polymers at different length scales is important for research
fields including cell biology, tissue engineering and medicinal science and the development …

Block Copolymer Nanolithography: Translation of Molecular Level Control to Nanoscale Patterns
Page 1 Block Copolymer Nanolithography: Translation of Molecular Level Control to Nanoscale …

The nanometer-scale architectures in thin films of self-assembling block copolymers have
inspired a variety of new applications. For example, the uniformly sized and shaped …

Block copolymers have received considerable attention as a promising platform for the
synthesis of nanomaterials and fabrication of nanostructures because of their self …