A safer, nonflammable battery electrolyte exists, but self-assembly flaw is holding it back

Many important technologies, from handheld phones to medical devices and transportation vehicles, rely on rechargeable ...
Nature

Characterization of the surface morphology and grain growth near the surface of a block copolymer thin film with cylindrical microdomains oriented perpendicular to the surface

A selective solvent, n-heptane, was used for the solution casting because n-heptane is a good solvent for PEB and a poor solvent for PS. To enhance the solubility, methylene chloride, which is an ...
Nanowerk

Block Copolymer Lithography: Patterning at the Nanoscale

What is Block Copolymer Lithography? Block copolymer lithography is a nanofabrication technique that utilizes the self-assembly properties of block copolymers to create ordered nanostructures. Block ...
uni

Multicompartment micelles, vesicles, and cubosomes

Block copolymers consist of two blocks with different chemistry and have been extensively studied for their ability to self-assemble into micelles and vesicles with defined dimension and properties.
AZOM

Field-Flow Fractionation for Characterising Polymer Self-Assembly

In this interview Professor Harald Pasch talks about The Importance of a Field-Flow Fractionation System When Characterising Polymer Self-Assemblies. For the benefit of our readers could you explain ...