Materials science challenges to graphene nanoribbon electronics

V Saraswat, RM Jacobberger, MS Arnold - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have recently emerged as promising candidates for channel
materials in future nanoelectronic devices due to their exceptional electronic, thermal, and …

Recent advances in block copolymer Self‐Assembly for the fabrication of photonic films and pigments

Z Wang, CLC Chan, TH Zhao… - Advanced optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) into photonic materials has drawn significant
attention due to the flexibility and diversity of the building blocks that can be synthesized …

Three-dimensional nanoscale metal, metal oxide, and semiconductor frameworks through DNA-programmable assembly and templating

A Michelson, A Subramanian, K Kisslinger… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Controlling the three-dimensional (3D) nanoarchitecture of inorganic materials is imperative
for enabling their novel mechanical, optical, and electronic properties. Here, by exploiting …

Block copolymer directed metamaterials and metasurfaces for novel optical devices

A Alvarez‐Fernandez, C Cummins… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Optical metamaterials are artificially engineered architectures that exhibit desired optical
properties not found in nature. Bespoke design requires the ability to define shape, size …

Emergence of layered nanoscale mesh networks through intrinsic molecular confinement self-assembly

Z Sun, R Liu, T Su, H Huang, K Kawamoto… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Block copolymer self-assembly is a powerful tool for two-dimensional nanofabrication;
however, the extension of this self-assembly concept to complex three-dimensional network …

Green nanofabrication opportunities in the semiconductor industry: A life cycle perspective

E Mullen, MA Morris - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Thin film block copolymer self-assembly for nanophotonics

AA Kulkarni, GS Doerk - Nanotechnology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The nanophotonic engineering of light–matter interactions has profoundly changed research
behind the design and fabrication of optical materials and devices. Metasurfaces—arrays of …

Hierarchical, self-assembled metasurfaces via exposure-controlled reflow of block copolymer-derived nanopatterns

AA Kulkarni, GS Doerk - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanopatterning for the fabrication of optical metasurfaces entails a need for high-resolution
approaches like electron beam lithography that cannot be readily scaled beyond prototy** …

Effects of alumina priming on the electrical properties of ZnO nanostructures derived from vapor-phase infiltration into self-assembled block copolymer thin films

WI Lee, A Subramanian, K Kisslinger, N Tiwale… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Alumina priming is frequently employed to facilitate the vapor-phase infiltration (VPI) of
weakly reactive organometallic precursors into polymer templates such as self-assembled …

Film thickness and composition effects in symmetric ternary block copolymer/homopolymer blend films: domain spacing and orientation

K Toth, S Bae, CO Osuji, KG Yager, GS Doerk - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report thickness and homopolymer molar mass dependencies in thin film blends of a
compositionally symmetric 75 kg/mol lamellar polystyrene-block-poly (methyl methacrylate) …