Block copolymer self-assembly provides a platform for fabricating dense, ordered
nanostructures by encoding information in the chemical architecture of multicomponent …

Shear can impart a high degree of orientational order to block copolymer thin films
containing two or more layers of spherical domains, but the orientational order appears to …

Understanding grain growth is key for controlling the microstructure and the mechanical
properties of most polycrystalline materials, including metals, alloys, and ceramics …

In this work we study the processes of defect formation and coarsening of two-dimensional
(2D) curved crystal structures. These processes are found to strongly deviate from their …

A vital and challenging task for materials researchers is to determine relationships between
material characteristics and desired properties. While the measurement and assessment of …

Corneal nano-nipple structures consisting of hexagonally arranged protrusions with
diameters around 200 nm have long been known for their antireflection capability and have …

We study the dynamics of coarsening in a cylinder-forming polystyrene-block-poly (ethylene-
alt-propylene) block copolymer thin film deposited on a topographically patterned substrate …

We study the evolution from a liquid to a crystal phase in two-dimensional curved space. At
early times, while crystal seeds grow preferentially in regions of low curvature, the lattice …

The ordering dynamics of directed self-assembly of cylinder-forming diblock copolymers is
studied by cell dynamics simulations. The directing field, mimicking chemically or …

The annihilation of typical individual defects in hexagonal cylinder-forming block copolymers
is investigated using the self-consistent field theory (SCFT) in conjunction with the string …