Abstract
The present contribution reviews novel insights into block copolymer phase behavior and nanostructure formation in confined geometries. We focus on state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical progress in this area, with an emphasis on characterization methods and techniques that provide a quantitative framework for fundamental analysis. We discuss and compare basic system parameters that are readily controlled in simulations and in experiments, and present comparative studies of increasing degree of complexity concerning the phase behavior and ordering dynamics of cylinder- and lamella-forming block copolymers in thin films.
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Abbreviations
- a 0 :
-
Bulk domain spacing
- BCC:
-
Body-centered cubic
- C ∥ :
-
Parallel-oriented cylinder
- C ⊥ :
-
Perpendicular-oriented cylinder
- DDFT:
-
Dynamic density functional theory
- DSCFT:
-
Dynamic self-consistent field theory
- GISAXS:
-
Grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering
- h:
-
Film thickness
- L:
-
Lamella
- MC:
-
Monte Carlo
- ODT:
-
Order–disorder transition
- P2VP:
-
Poly(2-vinyl pyridine)
- PB:
-
Polybutadiene
- PL:
-
Hexagonally perforated lamella phase
- PS:
-
Polystyrene
- SAXS:
-
Small angle X-ray scattering
- SB:
-
Polystyrene-block-polybutadiene diblock copolymer
- SBS:
-
Polystyrene-block-polybutadiene triblock copolymer
- SCFT:
-
Self-consistent field theory
- SCMF:
-
Particle-based SCFT
- SE:
-
Spectroscopic ellipsometry
- SFM:
-
Scanning force microscopy
- SV:
-
Polystyrene-block-poly(2-vinyl pyridine) diblock copolymer
- SVT:
-
Polystyrene-block-poly(2-vinylpyridine)-block-poly(tert- butylmethacrylate) triblock copolymer
- TEM:
-
Transmission electron microscopy
- ϕ:
-
Polymer volume fraction
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This research has been supported by the DPG (Sonderforschungsbereich 481, TP B7/A9). The authors acknowledge the valuable contribution of R. Magerle, A.V. Zvelindovsky, A. Knoll, S. Ludwigs, A. Horvat, N. Rehse, H. Elbs, K. Lyakhova, J. Gensel, and M. Hund.
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Tsarkova, L., Sevink, G.J.A., Krausch, G. (2010). Nanopattern Evolution in Block Copolymer Films: Experiment, Simulations and Challenges. In: Müller, A., Schmidt, HW. (eds) Complex Macromolecular Systems I. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 227. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/12_2010_54
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