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Synthesis of Self-Assembled Metal-Oxide Nanostructures in a Diblock Copolymer Matrix and Integration onto Semiconductor Surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Robert F. Mulligan ,
Agis A. Iliadis ,
U. Lee  and
Peter Kofinas
Robert F. Mulligan
Affiliation:
Materials and Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, U.S.A.
Agis A. Iliadis
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, U.S.A.
U. Lee
Affiliation:
Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, U.S.A.
Peter Kofinas
Affiliation:
Materials and Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, U.S.A.
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Abstract

The synthesis of self-assembled ZnO nanostructures at room temperature using a microphase separated diblock copolymer as a template is reported. Poly(norbornene) / poly(norbornene-dicarboxylic acid) diblock copolymers were synthesized using Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP). The polymers were dissolved and the solutions were doped with ZnCl2. Films were formed from this solution, and subsequently reacted with NH4OH. This converted the ZnCl2 into ZnO contained within the microphase-separated nanodomains of the block copolymer. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy verified the association of the metal to the second block of the polymer, and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy verified the conversion of the salt to ZnO nanoclusters. The development of such ZnO - block copolymer nanocomposites is targeting the functionalization of nanostructures into device technologies.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 642: Symposium J – Semiconductor Quantum Dots II , 2000 , J2.11.1
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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