Search Results - "Nealey, Paul. F"
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Directed self-assembly of block copolymers on chemical patterns: A platform for nanofabrication
Published in Progress in polymer science (01-03-2016)“…Directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers (BCPs) on lithographically defined chemically nanopatterned surfaces (or chemical patterns) combines…”
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Directed self-assembly of liquid crystalline blue-phases into ideal single-crystals
Published in Nature communications (16-06-2017)“…Chiral nematic liquid crystals are known to form blue phases—liquid states of matter that exhibit ordered cubic arrangements of topological defects. Blue-phase…”
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Buried Structure in Block Copolymer Films Revealed by Soft X‑ray Reflectivity
Published in ACS nano (22-06-2021)“…Interactions between polymers and surfaces can be used to influence properties including mechanical performance in nanocomposites, the glass transition…”
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Block copolymers and conventional lithography
Published in Materials today (Kidlington, England) (01-09-2006)“…The lithographic process is arguably the key enabling technology for the digital age. Hundreds of millions of devices can be fabricated on a single chip…”
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Directed Self-Assembly of Polystyrene‑b‑poly(propylene carbonate) on Chemical Patterns via Thermal Annealing for Next Generation Lithography
Published in Nano letters (08-02-2017)“…Directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers (BCPs) combines advantages of conventional photolithography and polymeric materials and shows competence in…”
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Density Multiplication and Improved Lithography by Directed Block Copolymer Assembly
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (15-08-2008)“…Self-assembling materials spontaneously form structures at length scales of interest in nanotechnology. In the particular case of block copolymers, the…”
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Hierarchical patterns of three-dimensional block-copolymer films formed by electrohydrodynamic jet printing and self-assembly
Published in Nature nanotechnology (01-09-2013)“…Self-assembly of block-copolymers provides a route to the fabrication of small (size, <50 nm) and dense (pitch, <100 nm) features with an accuracy that…”
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Microscale-Resolution Thermal Mapping Using a Flexible Platform of Patterned Quantum Sensors
Published in Nano letters (08-08-2018)“…Temperature sensors with micro- and nanoscale spatial resolution have long been explored for their potential to investigate the details of physical systems at…”
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Laser Writing Block Copolymer Self-Assembly on Graphene Light-Absorbing Layer
Published in ACS nano (22-03-2016)“…Recent advance of high-power laser processing allows for rapid, continuous, area-selective material fabrication, typically represented by laser crystallization…”
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Biophysical cues and cell behavior: the big impact of little things
Published in Annual review of biomedical engineering (01-01-2013)“…The extracellular matrix is composed of a variety of proteins, polysaccharides, and glycosaminoglycans that self-assemble into a hierarchical order of…”
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Modulation of osteogenic differentiation in hMSCs cells by submicron topographically-patterned ridges and grooves
Published in Biomaterials (01-01-2012)“…Abstract Recent studies have shown that nanoscale and submicron topographic cues modulate a menu of fundamental cell behaviors, and the use of topographic cues…”
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Molecular pathways for defect annihilation in directed self-assembly
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (17-11-2015)“…Over the last few years, the directed self-assembly of block copolymers by surface patterns has transitioned from academic curiosity to viable contender for…”
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Self‐Assembly Behavior of an Oligothiophene‐Based Conjugated Liquid Crystal and Its Implication for Ionic Conductivity Characteristics
Published in Advanced functional materials (01-01-2019)“…In this work, a joint experimental and computational study on the synthesis, self‐assembly, and ionic conduction characteristics of a new conjugated liquid…”
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Effect of Composition of Substrate-Modifying Random Copolymers on the Orientation of Symmetric and Asymmetric Diblock Copolymer Domains
Published in Macromolecules (09-12-2008)“…The ability of random copolymer brushes and cross-linked mats to induce the vertical orientation of domains in overlying films of lamellae- and…”
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Fabrication of Lithographically Defined Chemically Patterned Polymer Brushes and Mats
Published in Macromolecules (12-04-2011)“…Chemically patterned surfaces comprised of polymer mats and brushes of well-defined chemistry were fabricated at the length scale of 10 nm. A key concept is…”
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Perpendicularly Aligned, Anion Conducting Nanochannels in Block Copolymer Electrolyte Films
Published in Chemistry of materials (08-03-2016)“…Connecting structure and morphology to bulk transport properties, such as ionic conductivity, in nanostructured polymer electrolyte materials is a difficult…”
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Defect Annihilation Pathways in Directed Assembly of Lamellar Block Copolymer Thin Films
Published in ACS nano (23-10-2018)“…Defects in highly ordered self-assembled block copolymers represent an important roadblock toward the adoption of these materials in a wide range of…”
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Improved block copolymer domain dispersity on chemical patterns via homopolymer-blending and molecular transfer printing
Published in Polymer (Guilford) (05-05-2017)“…Herein we have investigated the domain width distributions of block copolymers and their ternary blends after directed assembly on chemically patterned…”
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Perpendicular Orientation of Domains in Cylinder-Forming Block Copolymer Thick Films by Controlled Interfacial Interactions
Published in Macromolecules (14-07-2009)“…We report the induction of perpendicularly oriented cylindrical domains in PS-b-PMMA block copolymer (BCP) films thicker than 100 nm by thermally annealing on…”
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Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for Nanolithography: Fabrication of Isolated Features and Essential Integrated Circuit Geometries
Published in ACS nano (01-10-2007)“…Self-assembling block copolymers are of interest for nanomanufacturing due to the ability to realize sub-100 nm dimensions, thermodynamic control over the size…”
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