Crafting threads of diblock copolymer micelles via flow-enabled self-assembly

Bo Li; Wei Han; Beibei Jiang; Zhiqun Lin

doi:10.1021/nn500193y

Crafting threads of diblock copolymer micelles via flow-enabled self-assembly

Bo Li, Wei Han, Beibei Jiang, Zhiqun Lin

Department of Chemistry & Nanoscience

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Abstract

Hierarchically assembled amphiphilic diblock copolymer micelles were exquisitely crafted over large areas by capitalizing on two concurrent self-assembling processes at different length scales, namely, the periodic threads composed of a monolayer or a bilayer of diblock copolymer micelles precisely positioned by flow-enabled self-assembly (FESA) on the microscopic scale and the self-assembly of amphiphilic diblock copolymer micelles into ordered arrays within an individual thread on the nanometer scale. A minimum spacing between two adjacent threads λ_min was observed. A model was proposed to rationalize the relationship between the thread width and λ_min. Such FESA of diblock copolymer micelles is remarkably controllable and easy to implement. It opens up possibilities for lithography-free positioning and patterning of diblock copolymer micelles for various applications in template fabrication of periodic inorganic nanostructures, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, magnetic devices, and biotechnology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2936-2942
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Nano
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nn500193y
State	Published - 25 Mar 2014

Keywords

amphiphilic diblock copolymer micelles
flow-enabled self-assembly
hierarchical structures
minimum spacing

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