Revealing the Kinetic Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Complexes Using Solvent Vapor Absorption–Desorption Isotherms
Nayanathara Hendeniya,
Caden Chittick,
Kaitlyn Hillery
et al.
Abstract:Controlling the self-assembled morphologies in block copolymers heavily depends on their molecular architecture and processing conditions. Solvent vapor annealing is a versatile processive pathway to obtain highly periodic self-assemblies from high chi (χ) block copolymers (BCPs) and supramolecular BCP complexes. Despite the importance of navigating the energy landscape, controlled solvent vapor annealing (SVA) has not been investigated in BCP complexes, partly due to its intricate multicomponent nature. We in… Show more
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