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  • Polymer Science
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Understanding the phase behavior of block copolymers is crucial for advanced material design.
  • Solvent vapor annealing is a key technique for controlling thin film morphology.
  • Triblock copolymers offer complex self-assembly possibilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the phase behavior of poly(styrene-b-dimethylsiloxane-b-styrene) (PS-b-PDMS-b-PS, or SDS32) thin films.
  • To explore the influence of film thickness and solvent mixture composition on morphology.
  • To compare the self-assembly of SDS32 with diblock copolymers.

Main Methods:

  • Combined experimental techniques and self-consistent-field theoretical (SCFT) modeling.
  • Solvent vapor annealing using toluene and heptane mixtures.
  • Analysis of thin film morphology as a function of processing parameters.

Main Results:

  • SDS32 forms terraced bilayer morphologies even at sub-commensurate thicknesses.
  • Morphology transitions from cylinders to perforated lamellae to lamellae with increasing heptane fraction.
  • SCFT modeling accurately predicts morphological trends based on block volume fraction.

Conclusions:

  • SDS32 provides a versatile platform for creating diverse, well-ordered bilayer nanostructures.
  • The triblock architecture enables the formation of complex morphologies like bilayer perforated lamellae.
  • This offers a simple route to fabricating nanostructures with smaller feature sizes over a broad process window.