title: Nanoparticle-driven assembly of block copolymers: a simple route to ordered hybrid materials.
abstract: The addition of nanoparticles that selectively hydrogen bond with one of the segments of a block copolymer is shown to induce order in otherwise disordered systems. This enables the fabrication of well-ordered hybrid materials with spherical, cylindrical, or lamellar domains at particle loadings of more than 40%, as evidenced by TEM and SAXS. The approach described is simple and applicable to a wide range of nanoparticles and block copolymers, and it lays the groundwork for the design of cooperatively assembled functional devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Vikram K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Daga
authors.forename: Eric R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Samuel P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Gido
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Watkins