Directed assembly of cylinder-forming block copolymer films and thermochemically induced cylinder to sphere transition: a hierarchical route to linear arrays of nanodots.
A morphological transition from cylinders to spheres was induced in an asymmetric diblock copolymer, poly(styrene)-block-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) (PS-b-PtBA). The periodic arrays of the poly(tert-butyl acrylate) (PtBA) domains were transformed to the ordered poly(acrylic anhydride) (PAA) spheres via the thermal deprotection of tert-butyl acrylate linkages and the subsequent volume change of the minority block. Coupled with techniques to direct the assembly of cylinder-forming block copolymers, this finding provides new routes to fabricate ordered geometries of nanodot arrays.
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Young-Hye
YH
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for NanoTechnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Edwards
Erik W
EW
Park
Sang-Min
SM
Nealey
Paul F
PF
D000179:Acrylates / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008422:Materials Testing; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D044367:Phase Transition; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*
D000179:Acrylates; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011137:Polystyrenes