title: Controlled Segmentation of Metal Nanowire Array by Block Copolymer Lithography and Reversible Ion Loading.
abstract: Spatial arrangement of 1D nanomaterials may offer enormous opportunities for advanced electronics and photonics. Moreover, morphological complexity and chemical diversity in the nanoscale components may lead to unique properties that are hardly anticipated in randomly distributed homogeneous nanostructures. Here, controlled chemical segmentation of metal nanowire arrays using block copolymer lithography and subsequent reversible metal ion loading are demonstrated. To impose chemical heterogeneity in the nanowires generated by block copolymer lithography, reversible ion loading method highly specific for one particular polymer block is introduced. Reversibility of the metal ion loading enables area-selective localized replacement of metal ions in the self-assembled patterns and creates segmented metal nanowire arrays with different metallic components. Further integration of this method with shear aligning process produces high aligned segmented metal nanowire array with desired local chemical compositions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Multi-Dimensional Directed Nanoscale Assembly, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Mun
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Multi-Dimensional Directed Nanoscale Assembly, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Keun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.affiliation: School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ye Chan
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Multi-Dimensional Directed Nanoscale Assembly, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Taeyeong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Multi-Dimensional Directed Nanoscale Assembly, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young Joo
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Multi-Dimensional Directed Nanoscale Assembly, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeong Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Multi-Dimensional Directed Nanoscale Assembly, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Multi-Dimensional Directed Nanoscale Assembly, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Uk
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: So Youn
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Multi-Dimensional Directed Nanoscale Assembly, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Ouk
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: block copolymers; nanowires; pattern transfer; self-assembly