Researchers from MIT have made a breakthrough in self-assembling block copolymers that means they can be made into more complex patterns. The researchers used the same approach to make their new material, but instead of using carbon nanotubes, they use tiny spheres called “microspheres.”
Researchers from MIT have made a breakthrough in self-assembling block copolymers that means they can be made into more complex patterns. Discovery that the polymers can form patterns that deviate from regular symmetrical arrays means there is potential for new ways of making plasmonic devices and those with tailored characteristics for optical systems.