Shengxiang Ji

TL;DR: Directed self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) on chemically nanopatterned surfaces (or chemical patterns) combines advantages of conventional photolithography and polymeric materials and shows promise for meeting a sufficiently inclusive set of manufacturing constraints for applications in semiconductors and data storage.

TL;DR: The easy preparation, high χ value, and etch selectivity while enduring thermal treatment demonstrates PS-b-PPC as a rare and valuable candidate for advancing the field of nanolithography.

TL;DR: A thermodynamic analysis reveals that triblocks can form highly ordered, non-equilibrium metastable structures that do not arise in the diblock, and theoretically informed simulations are used to interpret experimental observations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the conversion of HMF into 5-hydroxymethyl-2-vinylfuran (HMVF), a versatile adhesive, was reported, which can bond to a variety of substrates, e.g. metal, glass, plastics and rubber, under heating or acid treatment at room temperature.

TL;DR: The amphiphilic brush copolymers self-assembled into micelles in the aqueous solution as confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) analyses, and showed a tunable pH-responsive property and disaggregated to form unimolecular micells at higher pH in diluted solutions.