Enabling future nanomanufacturing through block copolymer self-assembly: A review

C Cummins, R Lundy, JJ Walsh, V Ponsinet, G Fleury… - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-assembly approaches, eg colloidal, emulsion and polymer phase separation, provide
scientists with an exotic yet direct platform to access technologically desired nanostructures …

Photonic crystal enhanced fluorescence: a review on design strategies and applications

Y Xiong, S Shepherd, J Tibbs, A Bacon, W Liu, LD Akin… - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanoscale fluorescence emitters are efficient for measuring biomolecular interactions, but
their utility for applications requiring single-unit observations is constrained by the need for …

An overview of materials with triply periodic minimal surfaces and related geometry: from biological structures to self‐assembled systems

L Han, S Che - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Triply periodic minimal surface structures and related geometries are widely identified in
many natural systems, such as biological membranes and biophotonic structures in butterfly …

Controlling polymer properties through the shape of the molecular-weight distribution

DT Gentekos, RJ Sifri, BP Fors - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
The manipulation of a polymer's properties without altering its chemical composition is a
major challenge in polymer chemistry, materials science and engineering. Although …

Block copolymer self-assembly for nanophotonics

M Stefik, S Guldin, S Vignolini, U Wiesner… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to control and modulate the interaction of light with matter is crucial to achieve
desired optical properties including reflection, transmission, and selective polarization …

Functional block copolymers: nanostructured materials with emerging applications

FH Schacher, PA Rupar… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in polymer synthesis have significantly enhanced the ability to rationally
design block copolymers with tailored functionality. The self‐assembly of these …

Micro‐/nanostructured mechanical metamaterials

JH Lee, JP Singer, EL Thomas - Advanced materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanical properties of materials have long been one of the most fundamental and studied
areas of materials science for a myriad of applications. Recently, mechanical metamaterials …

[HTML][HTML] Enabling nanotechnology with self assembled block copolymer patterns

C Park, J Yoon, EL Thomas - Polymer, 2003 - Elsevier
Block copolymers (BCPs) have received great attention for the past 40 years but only within
the past decade have they been seriously considered for nanotechnological applications …

Application of bottlebrush block copolymers as photonic crystals

AL Liberman‐Martin, CK Chu… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Brush block copolymers are a class of comb polymers that feature polymeric side chains
densely grafted to a linear backbone. These polymers display interesting properties due to …

Recent advances in block copolymer Self‐Assembly for the fabrication of photonic films and pigments

Z Wang, CLC Chan, TH Zhao… - Advanced optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) into photonic materials has drawn significant
attention due to the flexibility and diversity of the building blocks that can be synthesized …