Here we study the effects of confinement on the self‐assembly of diblock copolymers.
Specifically, we study the hexagonal cylindrical phase as it self‐assembles within a narrow …

Block copolymers self‐assemble into well‐ordered, microphase separated morphologies
having dimensions on the molecular scale. The key to the use of these nanoscopic …

Introduction. The fabrication of novel biomimetic1 photonic2 and electronic3 materials
requires the manipulation of both organic and inorganic materials at the nanometer length …

Introduction. Diblock copolymers are composed of two different polymers that are
spontaneously self-assembled into periodic nanostructures, of which the size and …

Microphase-separated block copolymers were introduced as melts into nanoscopic
cylindrical pores in alumina membranes via capillary action. The geometric confinement of …

This focus review introduces recent progress made in microphase-separated structures
under three-dimensional (3D) confinement. Block copolymers spontaneously form unique …

Using simulations of a coarse-grained model, we examine the ability of topographic and
chemical patterns to direct the self-assembly of thin films of copolymers into a defect-free …

A study is presented of the self-assembly of a lamella-forming blend of a diblock copolymer
and its respective homopolymers on periodically patterned substrates consisting of square …

In the bulk, at equilibrium, diblock copolymers microphase separated into nanoscopic
morphologies ranging from body‐centered cubic arrays of spheres to hexagonally packed …

The self-assembly of block copolymers thin films laterally confined within square geometries
that are incompatible with the bulk packing symmetry of the block copolymer microdomains …