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Inside Front Cover: Macroscopic Parallel Nanocylinder Array Fabrication Using a Simple Rubbing Technique (Adv. Mater. 17/2006)
Author(s) -
Yu H.,
Li J.,
Ikeda T.,
Iyoda T.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200690070
Subject(s) - rubbing , materials science , front cover , supramolecular chemistry , nanoscopic scale , fabrication , nanotechnology , copolymer , simple (philosophy) , cover (algebra) , composite material , crystallography , polymer , crystal structure , mechanical engineering , medicine , chemistry , alternative medicine , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , engineering
A simple rubbing technique to macroscopically align nanocylinders in an amphiphilic diblock liquid‐crystalline copolymer is reported by Ikeda and co‐workers on p. 2213. The inside cover shows highly ordered arrays of nanocylinders parallel to the rubbing direction owing to supramolecular cooperative motions between mesogens and microphase‐separated domains. This opens a novel, convenient pathway for controlling defect‐free nanoscopic domains over large areas.