Ordering kinetics of block copolymers directed by periodic two-dimensional rectangular fields

The ordering kinetics of directed assembly of cylinder-forming diblock copolymers is investigated by cell dynamics simulation of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory. The directing field, mimicking chemically or topologically patterned surfaces, is composed of a rectangular array of potential wells which are attractive to the minority blocks. The period of the templating fields is commensurate with the hexagonal lattice of the block …