The broad range of applications of synchrotron and neutron scattering in the investigation of
soft condensed matter is reviewed. Appropriate combinations of these techniques allow …

Block copolymers are a well-studied and canonical self-assembly paradigm. Despite active
research, new methods are continually emerging that allow the formation of yet more diverse …

The ubiquitous presence of thermodynamically unfavored but kinetically trapped topological
defects in nanopatterns formed via self-assembly of block copolymer thin films may prevent …

The modification of nanoparticles with polymer ligands has emerged as a versatile approach
to control the interactions and organization of nanoparticles in polymer nanocomposite …

The phenomenon of thermocapillarity, the response of fluids to thermal gradients due to
thermal alteration of their surface tension, was first reported over a century ago. Since then …

Despite active research, many fundamental aspects of block copolymer ordering remain
unresolved. We studied the thickness-dependence of block copolymer grain coarsening …

Block polymers (BPs) are ideal building blocks for nanoporous membranes,
microelectronics templates, energy storage devices, and other technologies. For these …

Bulk fabrication of surface patterns with sub-20 nm feature sizes is immensely desirable for
many existing and emerging technologies. Directed self-assembly (DSA) of block …

Self-consistent field theory with a dynamic extension is exploited to investigate the kinetics of
the lamellar formation of symmetric block copolymers under the direction of external fields. In …

We employed small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) to identify the kinetic pathways
between disordered and ordered states in block polymer (BP) thin films subjected to solvent …