Orientational order in block copolymer films zone annealed below the order-disorder transition temperature

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作者
Berry, Brian C. [1 ]
Bosse, August W. [1 ]
Douglas, Jack F. [1 ]
Jones, Ronald L. [1 ]
Karim, Alamgir [1 ]
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[1] NIST, Div Polymers, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
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10.1021/nl071354s
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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We report measurements of rapid ordering and preferential alignment in block copolymer films zone annealed below the order-disorder transition temperature. The orientational correlation lengths measured after approximately 5 h above the glass-transition temperature (approximate to 2 mu m) were an order of magnitude greater than that obtained under equivalent static annealing. The ability to rapidly process polymers with inaccessible order-disorder transition temperatures suggests zone annealing as a route toward more robust nanomanufacturing methods based on block copolymer self-assembly.
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