Hydrophilic/hydrophobic nanostripes in lipopolymer monolayers.

The self-organization of macromolecules with a complex architecture is studied extensively in the last years, with the aim to nanostructure surfaces. Linear diblock copolymers with mutual antagonistic groups are a simple, much investigated system, since the respective block lengths determine the size of the nanostructure[1]. Yet little is known about the equilibrium structure when the forces from the two interfaces, and the intraand intermolecular interactions are all of comparable magnitude. An active control of the domain morphology as well as the possibility to manipulate the structures in situ would obviously improve our understanding.