What is Block Copolymer Lithography? Block copolymer lithography is a nanofabrication technique that utilizes the self-assembly properties of block copolymers to create ordered nanostructures. Block ...

Liquid chromatography has become an indispensable tool in the detailed characterisation of block copolymers. This versatile technique exploits differences in chemical composition, molar mass and ...

(Nanowerk News) Miniaturization is one of the fundamental qualities of modern electronics and is largely responsible for the incredible increments in performance witnessed over the past decades. To ...

A recently developed block copolymer could help push the limits of integration and miniaturization in semiconductor manufacturing, report scientists in Tokyo Tech and TOK. Chemically tailored for ...

The amphiphilic nature of Pluronics enables them to self-assemble in aqueous solutions, forming core-shell micelles. This property is particularly valuable in drug delivery systems, where Pluronics ...

Gentex’s patent describes a medium for electro-optic elements, consisting of two electrochromic block copolymer units. Each unit includes di-block or tri-block copolymers conjugated with donor or ...

The full line of Evoprene styrenic block copolymer compounds, which have been used in Europe for many years in a wide variety of applications, is being introduced to North America for the first time.

“While block copolymer (BCP) lithography is theoretically capable of printing features smaller than 10 nm, developing practical BCPs for this purpose remains challenging. Herein, we report the ...

In response to the electronics industry’s rallying cry of “smaller and faster,” the next breakthroughs in the electronics size barrier are likely to come from microchips and data storage devices ...

The advantages of cyclic block copolymers (CBCs) over other optical-grade plastics as well as the material’s benefits in an array of medical applications were outlined during a presentation at the ...

Self-assembling materials spontaneously form structures at length scales of interest in nanotechnology. In the particular case of block copolymers, the thermodynamic driving forces for self-assembly ...