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Curvature as a Guiding Field for Patterns in Thin Block Copolymer Films
- Source :
- CONICET Digital (CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, instacron:CONICET
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society, 2018.
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Abstract
- Experimental data on thin films of cylinder-forming block copolymers (BC)—free-standing BCmembranes as well as supported BC films—strongly suggest that the local orientation of the BC patternsis coupled to the geometry in which the patterns are embedded. We analyze this phenomenon using generalsymmetry considerations and numerical self-consistent field studies of curved BC films in cylindricalgeometry. The stability of the films against curvature-induced dewetting is also analyzed. In goodagreement with experiments, we find that the BC cylinders tend to align along the direction of curvature athigh curvatures. At low curvatures, we identify a transition from perpendicular to parallel alignment insupported films, which is absent in free-standing membranes. Hence both experiments and theory show thatcurvature can be used to manipulate and align BC patterns. Fil: Vu, Giang Thi. Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz; Alemania Fil: Abate, Anabella Angela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Física del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Física. Instituto de Física del Sur; Argentina Fil: Gomez, Leopoldo Raimundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Física del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Física. Instituto de Física del Sur; Argentina Fil: Pezzutti, Aldo Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Física del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Física. Instituto de Física del Sur; Argentina Fil: Register, Richard A.. University of Princeton; Estados Unidos Fil: Vega, Daniel Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Física del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Física. Instituto de Física del Sur; Argentina Fil: Schmid, Friederike. Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz; Alemania
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Field (physics)
Ciencias Físicas
General Physics and Astronomy
FOS: Physical sciences
02 engineering and technology
Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter
010402 general chemistry
Curvature
01 natural sciences
Topological defect
purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https]
Orientation (geometry)
Perpendicular
Dewetting
Thin film
Condensed matter physics
purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https]
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
COPOLYMERS
Symmetry (physics)
0104 chemical sciences
BUCKLING
Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS
0210 nano-technology
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Física de los Materiales Condensados
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- CONICET Digital (CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, instacron:CONICET
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....05409a2cb193f5d993972cbf0a161349
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.087801