Simulation methods for solvent vapor annealing of block copolymer thin films
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Simulation methods for solvent vapor annealing of block copolymer thin films.
Recent progress in modelling the solvent vapor annealing of thin film block copolymers is examined in the context of a self-consistent field theory framework. Key control variables in determining the final microdomain morphologies include swelling ratio or swollen film solvent volume fraction, swollen film thickness, substrate and vapor atmosphere surface energies, effective volume fraction, an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Soft Matter
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1744-683X,1744-6848
DOI: 10.1039/c5sm00324e