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Nanoscale spirals by directed self-assembly
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Nanoscale spirals by directed self-assembly

Hong Kyoon Choi, Jae-Byum Chang, Adam F Hannon, Joel K W Yang, Karl K Berggren, Alfredo Alexander-Katz, Caroline A Ross and Kwang Wei Joel Yang
Nano futures, Vol.1(1), p.15001
01/06/2017

Abstract

Archimedean spiral block copolymers chiral nanostructure directed self-assembly nanolithography
Archimedean spiral patterns are formed by the directed self-assembly of diblock copolymer thin films within a circular template. The presence of a notch in the template promotes the formation of a spiral compared to concentric rings, and the notch shape determines the chirality of the spiral. Double spirals occur when the notch width is increased or when there are two notches. The spiral followed an Archimedean form with exponent 0.9. Self-consistent field theory reproduces the experimentally observed morphologies and demonstrates the templating of spirals in cylindrical-morphology block copolymer films.

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