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Block copolymer self-assembly is a widely used technique for obtaining many interesting nanostructures. The development of efficient and rapid processes for driving block copolymer self-assembly has remained a challenge. Microwave heating has attracted much attention in bioenergy production and in the food industry due to the advantages associated with dielectric heating effects. We report here a simple method (like microwave cooking) of microwave-heating-induced microphase separation of a carbohydrate-based block copolymer, maltoheptaose-block-polystyrene (MH-b-PS). Highly ordered and perpendicularly orientated MH cylinders of 7 nm diameter were formed in the PS matrix on a bare silicon wafer after annealing at 333 K for 1 s. The whole process is performed at a relatively low temperature undernbvv1 atm, and no solvent is needed during the process. The mechanism of this method is investigated by using the grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scatting technique to make a detailed comparison with the convent...

Robust Sub-10 nm Pattern of Standing Sugar Cylinders via Rapid “Microwave Cooking”