[HTML][HTML] Block copolymer thin films

C Huang, Y Zhu, X Man - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
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 bumpy road to stem cell therapies: rational design of surface topographies to dictate stem cell mechanotransduction and fate

J Carthew, JBJ Taylor, MR Garcia-Cruz… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cells sense and respond to a variety of physical cues from their surrounding
microenvironment, and these are interpreted through mechanotransductive processes to …

Autonomous materials discovery driven by Gaussian process regression with inhomogeneous measurement noise and anisotropic kernels

MM Noack, GS Doerk, R Li, JK Streit, RA Vaia… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
A majority of experimental disciplines face the challenge of exploring large and high-
dimensional parameter spaces in search of new scientific discoveries. Materials science is …

A kriging-based approach to autonomous experimentation with applications to x-ray scattering

MM Noack, KG Yager, M Fukuto, GS Doerk, R Li… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Modern scientific instruments are acquiring data at ever-increasing rates, leading to an
exponential increase in the size of data sets. Taking full advantage of these acquisition rates …

Priming self-assembly pathways by stacking block copolymers

ST Russell, S Bae, A Subramanian, N Tiwale… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Block copolymers spontaneously self-assemble into well-defined nanoscale morphologies.
Yet equilibrium assembly gives rise to a limited set of structures. Non-equilibrium strategies …

Non-native three-dimensional block copolymer morphologies

A Rahman, PW Majewski, G Doerk, CT Black… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Self-assembly is a powerful paradigm, wherein molecules spontaneously form ordered
phases exhibiting well-defined nanoscale periodicity and shapes. However, the inherent …

Restructuring in block copolymer thin films: In situ GISAXS investigations during solvent vapor annealing

D Posselt, J Zhang, DM Smilgies, AV Berezkin… - Progress in polymer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Block copolymer (BCP) thin films have been proposed for a number of nanotechnology
applications, such as nanolithography and as nanotemplates, nanoporous membranes and …

Beyond native block copolymer morphologies

GS Doerk, KG Yager - Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Block copolymers are a well-studied and canonical self-assembly paradigm. Despite active
research, new methods are continually emerging that allow the formation of yet more diverse …

Solvent-assisted self-assembly of block copolymer thin films

P Pula, A Leniart, PW Majewski - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Solvent-assisted block copolymer self-assembly is a compelling method for processing and
advancing practical applications of these materials due to the exceptional level of the control …

Nanoscale block copolymer self‐assembly and microscale polymer film dewetting: progress in understanding the role of interfacial energies in the formation of …

K Brassat, JKN Lindner - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Block copolymer (BCP) self‐assembly (SA) can be exploited for next‐generation lithography
for the advanced nanopatterning of surfaces with versatile nanoscale features. To render …