Advances in top–down and bottom–up surface nanofabrication: Techniques, applications & future prospects

A Biswas, IS Bayer, AS Biris, T Wang, E Dervishi… - Advances in colloid and …, 2012 - Elsevier
This review highlights the most significant advances of the nanofabrication techniques
reported over the past decade with a particular focus on the approaches tailored towards the …

An overview of materials with triply periodic minimal surfaces and related geometry: from biological structures to self‐assembled systems

L Han, S Che - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Triply periodic minimal surface structures and related geometries are widely identified in
many natural systems, such as biological membranes and biophotonic structures in butterfly …

Block copolymer based nanostructures: materials, processes, and applications to electronics

HC Kim, SM Park, WD Hinsberg - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Block copolymers have attracted increasing interest due to their ability to self-organize at
nanometer scales. 1-18 When the strength of the repulsive interaction between blocks is …

The entropy-controlled strategy in self-assembling systems

X Zhang, X Dai, L Gao, D Xu, H Wan, Y Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly of various building blocks has been considered as a powerful approach to
generate novel materials with tailorable structures and optimal properties. Understanding …

Directing the self-assembly of block copolymers

SB Darling - Progress in polymer science, 2007 - Elsevier
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 …

Functional block copolymers: nanostructured materials with emerging applications

FH Schacher, PA Rupar… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in polymer synthesis have significantly enhanced the ability to rationally
design block copolymers with tailored functionality. The self‐assembly of these …

Colloidal assembly: the road from particles to colloidal molecules and crystals

F Li, DP Josephson, A Stein - … Chemie International Edition, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal particles may be considered as building blocks for materials, just like atoms are the
bricks of molecules, macromolecules, and crystals. Periodic arrays of colloids (colloidal …

Solvent vapor annealing of block polymer thin films

C Sinturel, M Vayer, M Morris, MA Hillmyer - Macromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
This Perspective provides a critical analysis of the current knowledge concerning solvent
vapor annealing (SVA) of block polymer thin films. Herein, we identify key challenges that …

Two‐dimensional soft nanomaterials: a fascinating world of materials

X Zhuang, Y Mai, D Wu, F Zhang, X Feng - Advanced Materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of graphene has triggered great interest in two‐dimensional (2D)
nanomaterials for scientists in chemistry, physics, materials science, and related areas. In …

Pattern recognition directed assembly of plasmonic gap nanostructures for single-molecule SERS

R Niu, F Gao, D Wang, D Zhu, S Su, S Chen… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gold nanocubes (AuNCs) with tunable localized surface plasmon resonance properties are
good candidates for plasmonic gap nanostructures (PGNs) with hot spots (areas with …