Electrically induced structure formation and pattern transfer
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Lateral structures in polymer films on a sub-micrometre length scale were created and replicated using a simple electrostatic technique. Pattern formation was found to occur in polymer films at elevated temperatures, and fixed by cooling. The instability can be focused in the direction of the highest electric field with the application of a laterally varying electrical field.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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Surface-induced structure formation of polymer blends on patterned substrates
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Phase separation in bulk mixtures often results in an isotropic, disordered morphology of the coexisting phases. The domains of a phase-separating mixture of polymers in a thin film can be maneuvered into arbitrary structures by a surface with a prepatterned variation of surface energies. The approach could be useful for fabricating polymer-based microelectronic circuits.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Self-assembly of nanoparticles into structured spherical and network aggregates
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A polymer-mediated method for ordering nanoparticles into structured assemblies is presented.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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