Soft-template-assisted synthesis: a promising approach for the fabrication of transition metal oxides

RR Poolakkandy, MM Menamparambath - Nanoscale Advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The past few decades have witnessed transition metal oxides (TMOs) as promising
candidates for a plethora of applications in numerous fields. The exceptional properties …

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 …

High χ–Low N Block Polymers: How Far Can We Go?

C Sinturel, FS Bates, MA Hillmyer - 2015 - ACS Publications
Block polymers incorporating highly incompatible segments are termed “high χ” polymers,
where χ is the Flory–Huggins interaction parameter. These materials have attracted a great …

Block copolymer directed metamaterials and metasurfaces for novel optical devices

A Alvarez‐Fernandez, C Cummins… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Optical metamaterials are artificially engineered architectures that exhibit desired optical
properties not found in nature. Bespoke design requires the ability to define shape, size …

Large block copolymer self-assembly for fabrication of subwavelength nanostructures for applications in optics

P Mokarian-Tabari, R Senthamaraikannan, C Glynn… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured surfaces are common in nature and exhibit properties such as antireflectivity
(moth eyes), self-cleaning (lotus leaf), iridescent colors (butterfly wings), and water …

A simple and convenient method to fabricate new types of phytic acid–metal conversion coatings with excellent anti-corrosion performance on the iron substrate

R Yan, X Gao, W He, R Guo, R Wu, Z Zhao, H Ma - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple and practical method was developed to prepare a series of phytic acid (PA)–metal
complex coatings on iron substrate by directly immersing the iron samples in the mixed …

Controlled solvent vapor annealing of a high χ block copolymer thin film

R Lundy, SP Flynn, C Cummins, SM Kelleher… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular self-assembling block copolymers (BCPs) have shown promise as a next
generation bottom-up lithography technology. However, a critical step in advancing this …

Nanoscale magnetic arrays through block copolymer templating of polyoxometalates

DRM Clyde, DL Cortie, S Granville, DC Ware… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Magnetic nanoarrays promise to enable new energy-efficient computations based on
spintronics or magnonics. In this work, we present a block copolymer-assisted strategy for …

[HTML][HTML] Block copolymer template-directed synthesis of well-ordered metallic nanostructures

I Vukovic, G ten Brinke, K Loos - Polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
3D nanostructured inorganic materials appear as promising candidates for various practical
applications. Here we focus on metal nanofoams, a class of 3D nanomaterials uniquely …

Using block copolymers as infiltration sites for development of future nanoelectronic devices: Achievements, barriers, and opportunities

C Cummins, MA Morris - Microelectronic Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Creating inorganic nanostructures for development of nanoelectronic device components is
a highly active research area. The ability for manipulation of the chemistry of materials, as …