Templated Self-Assembly of Asymmetric Ternary Blends of Block Copolymers and Homopolymers

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Abstract

Templated assembly of ternary blends of cylinder-forming PS-\textit{block}-PMMA and homopolymers of PS and PMMA was investigated experimentally and with Monte Carlo simulations of a coarse-grained model. The blends were deposited into trench features coated with a neutral brush to induce cylinder orientation perpendicular to the substrate. The ternary blends were used to systematically control the commensurability between the blend and trenches of constant width. Important patterning parameters such as the degree of perfection, the domain spacing perpendicular and parallel to the confining template, the domain uniformity, and shape of the unit cell were quantified as a function of blend composition. The cylindrical nanostructures appear to have improved uniformity across the trench width compared with spherical systems.

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Authors

  • Karl Stuen

    Univ. of Wisc. - Madison Dept. of Chem. and Biol. Eng.

  • Francois Detcheverry

    Univ. of Wisc. - Madison Dept. of Chem. and Biol. Eng.

  • Carla Thomas

    Univ. of Wisc. - Madison Dept. of Chem. and Biol. Eng.

  • Richard Farrell

    CRANN, Dept. Chem. Univ. Coll. Cork, Tyndall Nat. Inst., Ireland

  • Michael Morris

    CRANN, Dept. Chem. Univ. Coll. Cork, Ireland

  • Juan de Pablo

    University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706, University of Wisconsin, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Univ. of Wisc. - Madison Dept. of Chem. and Biol. Eng.

  • Paul Nealey

    University of Wisconsin, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, Univ. of Wisc. - Madison Dept. of Chem. and Biol. Eng., Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison