Resonant soft X‐ray scattering in polymer science

BA Collins, E Gann - Journal of Polymer Science, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Resonant soft X‐ray scattering (RSoXS) is an emerging, powerful technique to probe the
nano‐to‐mesoscale structure of polymers and other molecules. It joins together small‐angle …

Rapid ordering of block copolymer thin films

PW Majewski, KG Yager - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Block-copolymers self-assemble into diverse morphologies, where nanoscale order can be
finely tuned via block architecture and processing conditions. However, the ultimate usage …

Designing high χ copolymer materials for nanotechnology applications: A systematic bulk vs. thin films approach

PP Angelopoulou, I Moutsios, GM Manesi… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This review article discusses the origins of self-assembly behavior of linear and non-linear
block co-and terpolymers and their application towards the fabrication of high-resolution …

Recent applications of synchrotron radiation and neutrons in the study of soft matter

T Narayanan, H Wacklin, O Konovalov… - Crystallography …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
The broad range of applications of synchrotron and neutron scattering in the investigation of
soft condensed matter is reviewed. Appropriate combinations of these techniques allow …

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 …

Self-assembly of ABC bottlebrush triblock terpolymers with evidence for looped backbone conformations

DF Sunday, AB Chang, CD Liman, E Gann… - …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Bottlebrush block copolymers offer rich opportunities for the design of complex hierarchical
materials. As consequences of the densely grafted molecular architecture, bottlebrush …

Latent alignment in pathway-dependent ordering of block copolymer thin films

PW Majewski, KG Yager - Nano Letters, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Block copolymers spontaneously form well-defined nanoscale morphologies during thermal
annealing. Yet, the structures one obtains can be influenced by nonequilibrium effects …

Determination of interfacial mixing in tapered block polymer thin films: experimental and theoretical investigations

M Luo, JR Brown, RA Remy, DM Scott… - …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Tapered block polymers are an emerging class of macromolecules with unique and diverse
self-assembly behavior and properties. Herein, we directly examine the manipulation of self …

Spectral analysis for resonant soft X-ray scattering enables measurement of interfacial width in 3D organic nanostructures

T Ferron, M Pope, BA Collins - Physical review letters, 2017‏ - APS
Interfaces are of critical importance to many materials and phenomena yet are difficult to
probe. This difficulty is compounded in three-dimensional nanostructures and with delicate …

Characterizing the Interface Scaling of High χ Block Copolymers near the Order–Disorder Transition

DF Sunday, MJ Maher, AF Hannon, CD Liman… - …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Advancements in the directed self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) have prompted the
development of new materials with larger effective interaction parameters (χe). This enables …