Nanoparticle Organization in Polymer Thin Films tagged posts

This is an illustration of ordered nanoparticle organization induced by the novel method (SCPINS). It is applicable to different pattern geometries and particle compositions. The background electric-circuit model pattern is shown as an example.
Credit: The University of Akron

Entropy instead of Chemistry can be used to control organization of nanoparticles into patterns in ultrathin polymer films according to a discovery by Dr. Alamgir Karim, UA’s Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Professor of Polymer Engineering, and his student Dr. Ren Zhang. Polymer thin films are used in a variety of technological applications, for example paints, lubricants, and adhesives...