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 …

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 …

The history of human civilization is accompanied by the development of novel materials,
from the period of natural stone, the bronze and iron age, to the modern times of synthetic …

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 …

The engineering of optical and acoustic material functionalities via construction of ordered
local and global architectures on various length scales commensurate with and well below …

Three-dimensional (3D) photonic crystals (PCs) are crystalline materials where the refractive
index is periodically modulated on a length scale comparable to the light wavelength of …

A linearly polarized laser beam was used to control nanocylinders self-assembled in an
amphiphilic diblock liquid-crystalline copolymer consisting of flexible poly (ethylene oxide) …

Being one of the most fascinating multi-functional materials, photoresponsive liquid
crystalline block copolymers (PLCBCs) have attracted much attention because of their light …