Micelles formed from block copolymers have emerged as a versatile class of soft materials, notable for their ability to self‐assemble into well‐defined nanostructures. In aqueous environments ...

Block copolymer lithography is a nanofabrication technique that utilizes the self-assembly properties of block copolymers to create ordered nanostructures. Block copolymers consist of two or more ...

Prof. Otsuka explains, "The block copolymer micelles exhibited a higher dye solubilization capacity, which correlated with their core volume, clear core-shell contrast, and slow solubilization rate." ...

Aug 29, 2024 New block copolymer enables sub-10nm self-assembly, boosting semiconductor miniaturization (Nanowerk News) Miniaturization is one of the fundamental qualities of modern electronics and is ...

Researchers in the US are the first to use self-assembly to make highly-ordered square arrays from block copolymers. Each square measures about 20 nm and the team believes that the technique could ...

A technical paper titled “Chemically tailored block copolymers for highly reliable sub-10-nm patterns by directed self-assembly” was published by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo ...

The art of molecular self-assembly: Crafting 2D nanostructures for advanced materials Creating periodic nanostructures is vital for progress in material science and nanotechnology.

Accelerating the self-assembly of nanoscale patterns for next-generation materials Date: December 13, 2017 Source: Brookhaven National Laboratory Summary: Scientists have come up with a way to ...

P. Alexandridis and T. Alan Hatton, Poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide) Block Copolymer Surfactants in Aqueous Solutions and at Interfaces: Thermodynamics, Structure, ...