Recent progress in non-photolithographic patterning of polymer thin films

M Qiu, W Du, S Zhou, P Cai, Y Luo, X Wang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Patterned polymer thin films are essential components in many devices and applications
owing to the multi-functionality, flexibility, lightweight and cost-efficiency. Unfortunately …

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 …

Investigating the effect of end-group, molecular weight, and solvents on the catalyst-free depolymerization of RAFT polymers: possibility to reverse the polymerization …

HS Wang, NP Truong, GR Jones… - ACS Macro …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Reversing reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) to regenerate the original
monomer is an attractive prospect for both fundamental research and industry. However …

From macromonomers to bottlebrush copolymers with sequence control: synthesis, properties, and applications

KH Kim, J Nam, J Choi, M Seo, J Bang - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Bottlebrush polymers (BBPs) are a type of comb-like macromolecule with densely grafted
polymeric sidechains attached to the polymer backbones, and many intriguing properties …

Bottlebrush copolymer as surface neutralizer for vertical alignment of block copolymer nanodomains in thin films

KH Kim, M Kim, J Moon, J Huh, J Bang - ACS Macro Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Herein we designed bottlebrush copolymers for use as a neutral additive to block copolymer
(BCP) thin films in which they are segregated to the interfaces via architectural effects and …

Recent advances in block copolymer self‐assembly: From the lowest to the highest

KH Kim, Y Huh, I Song, DY Ryu… - Journal of Polymer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A perspective is presented on recent developments in block copolymers (BCPs), capable of
forming sub‐10 nm nanostructures and bottlebrush block copolymers (BBCPs), capable of …

Bicyclic topology transforms self-assembled nanostructures in block copolymer thin films

BJ Ree, Y Satoh, T Isono, T Satoh - Nano letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ongoing efforts in materials science have resulted in linear block copolymer systems that
generate nanostructures via the phase separation of immiscible blocks; however, such …

[HTML][HTML] Microdomain homogeneity evaluation of perpendicular lamellar structures in block copolymer films: X-ray scattering and IR nanospectroscopy analyses

W Lee, J Kim, S Jo, B Chae, H Ahn, DY Ryu - Polymer Testing, 2021 - Elsevier
Self-assembled block copolymer (BCP) thin films necessarily require a distinct chemical
contrast between the blocks (or microdomain homogeneity) for the purpose of high …