Room temperature flexible heat harvesters based on conducting polymers are ideally suited to cover the energy demands of the modern nomadic society. The optimization of their thermoelectric efficiency is usually sought by tuning the oxidation levels of the conducting polymers, even if such methodology is detrimental to the Seebeck coefficient ( S ) as both the Seebeck coefficient and the...

Sinusoidal surface-relief gratings (SRGs) formed by microphase separated photoresponsive poly(dimethylsiloxane)- block -poly(methyl acrylate- co -disperse red 1 acrylate) (PDMS- b -P(MA- co -DR1A)) chains are investigated. Different PDMS- b -P(MA- co -DR1A) were prepared by a multi-step synthetic approach which overcomes the challenges inherent to the synthesis of well-defined PDMS-based block...

Nanotemplates derived from the self-assembly of AB-type block copolymers provide an elegant route to achieve well-defined metallic dot arrays, even if the variety of pattern symmetries is restricted due to the limited number of structures offered by microphase separated diblock copolymers. A strategy that relies on the use of complex network structures accessible through the self-assembly of...

The synthesis and self‐assembly in thin‐film configuration of linear ABC triblock terpolymer chains consisting of polystyrene (PS), poly(2‐vinylpyridine) (P2VP), and polyisoprene (PI) are described. For that purpose, a hydroxyl‐terminated PS‐ b ‐P2VP (45 kg mol −1 ) building block and a carboxyl‐terminated PI (9 kg mol −1 ) are first separately prepared by anionic polymerization, and then are...

3‐Miktoarm star terpolymer architecture (3 µ ‐ABC), consisting of three dissimilar polymer chains, A, B, and C connected at a junction point, provides a unique opportunity in the design of complex nanoscale patterns such as Archimedean tilings that are not accessible from linear ABC terpolymers. In this work, the synthesis and the self‐assembly of 3‐miktoarm star terpolymers, namely,...

Spin coating is one of the most versatile methods to generate nanostructured block copolymer (BCP) thin films which are highly desired for many applications such as nanolithography or organic electronics. The self‐assembly pathways through phase separation, both in solvent and in bulk, strongly influence the final BCP structure obtained after spin coating. As a demonstration, the formation of...