Issue 23, 2013

High aspect ratio cylindrical microdomains oriented vertically on the substrate using block copolymer micelles and temperature-programmed solvent vapor annealing

Abstract

We report a novel, yet simple, method for the preparation of high aspect ratio cylindrical microdomains oriented vertically on a substrate by using block copolymer micelles and temperature-programmed solvent vapor annealing. Multilayered spherical micelles were first prepared by spin-coating of polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) copolymer (PS-b-P4VP) in toluene solution on a silicon wafer. When temperature-programmed solvent vapor annealing was performed, the spherical micelle cores consisting of P4VP chains were transformed into vertically oriented cylindrical microdomains spanning the entire film thickness up to 550 nm corresponding to the aspect ratio of 15.2. Since nitrogen in the P4VP block could be easily coordinated with many metal precursors, we also fabricated a high density array of gold nanoparticle/polymer nanocomposite nanorods oriented vertically on the substrate.

Graphical abstract: High aspect ratio cylindrical microdomains oriented vertically on the substrate using block copolymer micelles and temperature-programmed solvent vapor annealing

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Nov 2012
Accepted
05 Apr 2013
First published
07 May 2013

Soft Matter, 2013,9, 5550-5556

High aspect ratio cylindrical microdomains oriented vertically on the substrate using block copolymer micelles and temperature-programmed solvent vapor annealing

S. Kim, G. Jeon, S. W. Heo, H. J. Kim, S. B. Kim, T. Chang and J. K. Kim, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 5550 DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27734H

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