Directed self-assembly of block copolymers: a tutorial review of strategies for enabling nanotechnology with soft matter

H Hu, M Gopinadhan, CO Osuji - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly of soft materials is broadly considered an attractive means of generating
nanoscale structures and patterns over large areas. However, the spontaneous formation of …

Strategies for inorganic incorporation using neat block copolymer thin films for etch mask function and nanotechnological application

C Cummins, T Ghoshal, JD Holmes… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Block copolymers (BCPs) and their directed self‐assembly (DSA) has emerged as a
realizable complementary tool to aid optical patterning of device elements for future …

Silicon-containing block copolymers for lithographic applications

TY Lo, MR Krishnan, KY Lu, RM Ho - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
This comprehensive review, summarizes recent advances in the fabrication of well-ordered
block copolymer (BCP) thin films by different methods, focusing on the development of …

Reliable control of filament formation in resistive memories by self-assembled nanoinsulators derived from a block copolymer

BK You, WI Park, JM Kim, KI Park, HK Seo, JY Lee… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Resistive random access memory (ReRAM) is a promising candidate for future nonvolatile
memories. Resistive switching in a metal–insulator–metal structure is generally assumed to …

Toward scalable flexible nanomanufacturing for photonic structures and devices

W Qiao, W Huang, Y Liu, X Li, LS Chen… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Continuous and scalable nanopatterning over flexible substrates is highly desirable for both
commercial and scientific interests, but is difficult to realize with traditional photolithographic …

Directed Self‐Assembly of Liquid‐Crystalline Molecular Building Blocks for Sub‐5 nm Nanopatterning

K Nickmans, APHJ Schenning - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The thin‐film directed self‐assembly of molecular building blocks into oriented nanostructure
arrays enables next‐generation lithography at the sub‐5 nm scale. Currently, the fabrication …

A review of the scalable nano-manufacturing technology for flexible devices

W Huang, X Yu, Y Liu, W Qiao, L Chen - Frontiers of Mechanical …, 2017 - Springer
Recent advances in electronic and photonic devices, such as artificial skin, wearable
systems, organic and inorganic light-emitting diodes, have gained considerable commercial …

Directed self‐assembly of star‐block copolymers by topographic nanopatterns through nucleation and growth mechanism

MR Krishnan, KY Lu, WY Chiu, IC Chen, JW Lin, TY Lo… - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Exploring the ordering mechanism and dynamics of self‐assembled block copolymer (BCP)
thin films under confined conditions are highly essential in the application of BCP …

Ultrafast Assembly of PS‐PDMS Block Copolymers on 300 mm Wafers by Blending with Plasticizers

J Arias‐Zapata, S Böhme, J Garnier… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Next‐generation lithography techniques based on the self‐assembly of block copolymers
(BCPs) are promising methods for high‐resolution pattering. BCPs with a high …

Sub-10 nm Silicon Nanopillar Fabrication Using Fast and Brushless Thermal Assembly of PS-b-PDMS Diblock Copolymer

J Garnier, J Arias-Zapata, O Marconot… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A new approach to obtaining spherical nanodomains using polystyrene-block-
polydimethylsiloxane (PS-b-PDMS) is proposed. To reduce drastically the process time, we …