An In Situ Grazing Incidence X-Ray Scattering Study of Block Copolymer Thin Films During Solvent Vapor Annealing

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodan Gu ◽  
Ilja Gunkel ◽  
Alexander Hexemer ◽  
Weiyin Gu ◽  
Thomas P. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Block Copolymer ◽  
Grazing Incidence ◽  
Solvent Vapor ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Scattering ◽  
Vapor Annealing ◽  
Scattering Study ◽  
Solvent Vapor Annealing

scholarly journals Restructuring in block copolymer thin films: In situ GISAXS investigations during solvent vapor annealing

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 80-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorthe Posselt ◽  
Jianqi Zhang ◽  
Detlef-M. Smilgies ◽  
Anatoly V. Berezkin ◽  
Igor I. Potemkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Block Copolymer ◽  
Solvent Vapor ◽  
Vapor Annealing ◽  
Solvent Vapor Annealing

scholarly journals Film morphology evolution during solvent vapor annealing of highly efficient small molecule donor/acceptor blends

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (40) ◽  
pp. 15511-15521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Engmann ◽  
Hyun Wook Ro ◽  
Andrew Herzing ◽  
Chad R. Snyder ◽  
Lee J. Richter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Molecule ◽  
Morphology Evolution ◽  
Film Morphology ◽  
Solvent Vapor ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Scattering ◽  
Vapor Annealing ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
Solvent Vapor Annealing

In-situ X-ray scattering studies of solvent vapor annealing of the active layer in benzodithiophene terthiophene rhodanine (BTR) solar cells reveals the mechanisms for morphology transformation and device improvement.

Controlling Domain Spacing and Grain Size in Cylindrical Block Copolymer Thin Films by Means of Thermal and Solvent Vapor Annealing

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 3373-3381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodan Gu ◽  
Ilja Gunkel ◽  
Alexander Hexemer ◽  
Thomas P. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Block Copolymer ◽  
Solvent Vapor ◽  
Vapor Annealing ◽  
Solvent Vapor Annealing ◽  
Cylindrical Block

scholarly journals Widely Tunable Morphologies in Block Copolymer Thin Films Through Solvent Vapor Annealing Using Mixtures of Selective Solvents

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (20) ◽  
pp. 3057-3065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle A. Chavis ◽  
Detlef-M. Smilgies ◽  
Ulrich B. Wiesner ◽  
Christopher K. Ober
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Block Copolymer ◽  
Solvent Vapor ◽  
Selective Solvents ◽  
Vapor Annealing ◽  
Solvent Vapor Annealing

scholarly journals Temperature-Controlled Solvent Vapor Annealing of Thin Block Copolymer Films

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Cheng ◽  
Alexander Böker ◽  
Larisa Tsarkova
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Block Copolymer ◽  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Saturated Vapor ◽  
Polymer Chains ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Solvent Vapor ◽  
Copolymer Films ◽  
Vapor Annealing ◽  
Solvent Vapor Annealing

Solvent vapor annealing is as an effective and versatile alternative to thermal annealing to equilibrate and control the assembly of polymer chains in thin films. Here, we present scientific and practical aspects of the solvent vapor annealing method, including the discussion of such factors as non-equilibrium conformational states and chain dynamics in thin films in the presence of solvent. Homopolymer and block copolymer films have been used in model studies to evaluate the robustness and the reproducibility of the solvent vapor processing, as well as to assess polymer-solvent interactions under confinement. Advantages of utilizing a well-controlled solvent vapor environment, including practically interesting regimes of weakly saturated vapor leading to poorly swollen states, are discussed. Special focus is given to dual temperature control over the set-up instrumentation and to the potential of solvo-thermal annealing. The evaluated insights into annealing dynamics derived from the studies on block copolymer films can be applied to improve the processing of thin films of crystalline and conjugated polymers as well as polymer composite in confined geometries.

In-Situ Grazing Incidence Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Studies on Nanopore Evolution in Low-kOrganosilicate Dielectric Thin Films

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 3395-3405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byeongdu Lee ◽  
Jinhwan Yoon ◽  
Weontae Oh ◽  
Yongtaek Hwang ◽  
Kyuyoung Heo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Small Angle ◽  
Grazing Incidence ◽  
Dielectric Thin Films ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Scattering ◽  
Ray Scattering
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