Important publications

Sequential infiltration synthesis related:

Barick, B. K., Simon, A., Weisbord, I., Shomrat, N., & Segal-Peretz, T. (2019). Tin oxide nanostructure fabrication via sequential infiltration synthesis in block copolymer thin films. Journal of colloid and interface science, 557, 537-545.
Waldman, R. Z., Mandia, D. J., Yanguas-Gil, A., Martinson, A. B., Elam, J. W., & Darling, S. B. (2019). The chemical physics of sequential infiltration synthesis—A thermodynamic and kinetic perspective. The Journal of chemical physics, 151(19), 190901.
Peng, Q., Tseng, Y. C., Darling, S. B., & Elam, J. W. (2011). A route to nanoscopic materials via sequential infiltration synthesis on block copolymer templates. Acs Nano, 5(6), 4600-4606.
Peng, Q., Tseng, Y. C., Darling, S. B., & Elam, J. W. (2010). Nanoscopic patterned materials with tunable dimensions via atomic layer deposition on block copolymers. Advanced materials, 22(45), 5129-5133.
 

Laser Annealing related:

Majewski, P. W.; Yager, K. G. Millisecond Ordering of Block Copolymer Films via Photothermal Gradients. ACS Nano 2015, 9, 3896–3906.
Majewski, P. W.; Yager, K. G. Rapid Ordering of Block Copolymer Thin Films. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2016, 28, 403002.
Tan, K. W.; Wiesner, U. Block Copolymer Self-Assembly Directed Hierarchically Structured Materials from Nonequilibrium Transient Laser Heating. Macromolecules 2019, 52, 395–409.
Jacobs, A. G.; Liedel, C.; Peng, H.; Wang, L.; Smilgies, D. M.; Ober, C. K.; Thompson, M. O. Kinetics of Block Copolymer Phase Segregation during Sub-Millisecond Transient Thermal Annealing. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 6462–6470.
Jiang, J.; Jacobs, A.; Thompson, M. O.; Ober, C. K. Laser Spike Annealing of DSA Photoresists. J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2015, 28, 631–634.
Yong, D.; Jin, H. M.; Kim, S. O.; Kim, J. U. Laser-Directed Self- Assembly of Highly Aligned Lamellar and Cylindrical Block Copolymer Nanostructures: Experiment and Simulation. Macromolecules 2018, 51, 1418–1426.
Bell, R. T.; Jacobs, A. G.; Sorg, V. C.; Jung, B.; Hill, M. O.; Treml, B. E.; Thompson, M. O. Lateral Temperature-Gradient Method for High-Throughput Characterization of Material Processing by Millisecond Laser Annealing. ACS Comb. Sci. 2016, 18, 548–558.
Jiang, J.; Jacobs, A. G.; Wenning, B.; Liedel, C.; Thompson, M. O.; Ober, C. K. Ultrafast Self-Assembly of Sub-10 nm Block Copolymer Nanostructures by Solvent-Free High-Temperature Laser Annealing. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 31317–31324.
Jin, H. M.; Lee, S. H.; Kim, J. Y.; Son, S. W.; Kim, B. H.; Lee, H. K.; Mun, J. H.; Cha, S. K.; Kim, J. S.; Nealey, P. F.; Lee, K. J.; Kim, S. O. Laser Writing Block Copolymer Self-Assembly on Graphene Light-Absorbing Layer. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 3435–3442.
Jin, H. M.; Park, D. Y.; Jeong, S. J.; Lee, G. Y.; Kim, J. Y.; Mun, J. H.; Cha, S. K.; Lim, J.; Kim, J. S.; Kim, K. H.; Lee, K. J.; Kim, S. O. Flash Light Millisecond Self-Assembly of High χ Block Copolymers or Wafer-Scale Sub-10 nm Nanopatterning. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29,  1700595.
Singer, J. P.; Gotrik, K. W.; Lee, J. H.; Kooi, S. E.; Ross, C. A.; Thomas, E. L. Alignment and Reordering of a Block Copolymer by Solvent-Enhanced Thermal Laser Direct Write. Polymer 2014, 55, 1875–1882.
Majewski, P. W.; Yager, K. G. Block Copolymer Response to Photothermal Stress Fields. Macromolecules 2015, 48, 4591–4598
Singer, J. P.; Lin, P. T.; Kooi, S. E.; Kimerling, L. C.; Michel, J., Thomas, E. L. Direct-Write Thermocapillary Dewetting of Polymer Thin Films by a Laser-Induced Thermal Gradient. Adv. Mater. 2013, 25, 6100–6105.
Singer, J. P.; Kooi, S. E.; Thomas, E. L. Focused Laser-Induced Marangoni Dewetting for Patterning Polymer Thin Films. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2016, 54, 225–236.