7.04 - Block Copolymers under Confinement

Block copolymers are capable of forming different ordered phases at nanoscopic length scales. When block copolymers are placed with hard templates of different shapes and sizes, confining environments strongly constrain the possible morphologies that can be formed by the block copolymers. The interplay between the symmetry, length scale, and polymer–wall interactions leads to a plethora of novel and complex morphologies that could not be …