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SUBMITTER: Ding Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6611865 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Nature communications 20190705 1
The directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers (BCPs) has shown promise in fabricating customized two-dimensional (2D) geometries at the nano- and meso-scale. Here, we discover spontaneous symmetry breaking and superlattice formation in DSA of BCP. We observe the emergence of low symmetry phases in high symmetry templates for BCPs that would otherwise not exhibit these phases in the bulk or thin films. The emergence phenomena are found to be a general behavior of BCP in various template la ...[more]