CONTENTS -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Block Copolymer Thin Films J.-Y. Wang, S. Park and T. P. Russell -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Morphologies of BCP Thin Films -- 2.1. Effect of Confinement -- 2.2. Surface Energy -- 2.3. Heterogeneous Surfaces -- 3. Nanopatterning from BCP Thin Films -- 3.1. Solvent Annealing -- 3.2. Zone Casting -- 3.3. Optical Alignment -- 3.4. Shearing -- 4. Applications of Nanopatterned BCP Thin Films -- 4.1. Nanoporous Membrane for Filtration of Viruses -- 4.2. Incorporation of Nanocrystals and Nanoreactors -- 4.3. Planar Optical Waveguide -- 4.4. Templated Growth of Nanowires -- 5. Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 2 Equilibration of Block Copolymer Films on Chemically Patterned Surfaces G. S. W. Craig, H. Kang and P. F. Nealey -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Directed Assembly of Block Copolymers -- 2.1. Importance of Commensurability -- 2.2. Importance of Pattern Interfacial Energy Contrast -- 3. Directed Assembly Kinetics and Mechanism -- 4. Role of Block Copolymer Thermodynamics -- 5. Achievable Structures with Directed Assembly -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Structure Formation and Evolution in Confined Cylinder-forming Block Copolymers G. J. A. Sevink and J. G. E. M. Fraaije -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental System and Measurements -- 3. Computational Model -- 4. Symmetric Conditions -- 5. Asymmetric Conditions -- 6. Dynamics of a Phase Transition -- 7. Conclusion and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Block Copolymer Lithography for Magnetic Device Fabrication J. Y. Cheng and C. A. Ross -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pattern Transfer from Block Copolymers to Magnetic Materials -- 2.1. Materials, Structural and Process Considerations for BCP Lithography -- 2.2. Subtractive Patterning Methods -- 2.3. Block Copolymer Templates for Selective Deposition.

2.4. Magnetic Properties of Nanostructure Arrays Made by Block Copolymer Lithography -- 2.4.1. 'Dot' or nanoparticle arrays -- 2.4.2. Antidot arrays and non-planar films -- 2.4.3. Wire arrays -- 3. Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers -- 3.1. Approaches to Directed Self-Assembly -- 3.2. Epitaxy of Block Copolymers on Chemical Patterns -- 3.3. Topographical Epitaxy of Block Copolymers -- 3.3.1. Pattern formation in topographical templates -- 3.3.2. Thermal annealing of block copolymers in topographical templates -- 3.3.3. Solvent vapor annealing of block copolymer films within topographical substrates -- 3.3.4. Placement accuracy and pattern uniformity of block copolymer domains -- 4. Summary and Outlook for Block Copolymer Patterning of Nanomagnetic Devices -- References -- Chapter 5 Hierarchical Structuring of Polymer Nanoparticles by Self-Organization M. Shimomura, H. Yabu, T. Higuchi, A. Tajima and T. Sawadaishi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Preparation of Polymer Nanoparticles by Self-Organization -- 2.1. Self-Organized Particle Emergence by Good Solvent Evacuation -- 2.2. Preparation of Hemispherical Polymer Nanoparticles -- 3. Unique Nanostructures of Polymer Particles Prepared by Self-Organization -- 3.1. Inner Nanostructures in Block-Copolymer Nanoparticles -- 3.2. Phase Transition of Block Copolymer Nanoparticle -- 3.3. Structural Approach of Anisotropic Lamellar Formation in Particles -- 3.4. Nanoparticles of Polymer Blends -- 4. Hierarchical Assembling of Polymer Nanoparticles in Self-Organized Honeycomb Mesh Template and by Dissipative Processes -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Wrinkling Polymers for Surface Structure Control and Functionality E. P. Chan and A. J. Crosby -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. Surface Wrinkling Instability Mechanics -- 2.2. Morphology of Surface Wrinkles.

3. Using Osmotic Pressure to Drive Surface Wrinkling -- 4. Controlling Wrinkle Morphology -- 5. Hierarchical Patterning -- 6. Applications -- 7. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7 Crystallization in Polymer Thin Films: Morphology and Growth R. M. Van Horn and S. Z. D. Cheng -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Spherulitic and Dendritic Morphology -- 2.1. Spherulites -- 2.2. Diffusion-Limited Aggregates (DLA) -- 2.3. Origin of Crystal Orientation -- 2.4. Special Features -- 3. Single Crystal Morphology -- 3.1. Polygons -- 3.2. Helical -- 3.3. Special Features -- 4. Monolayer Films -- 4.1. Mechanism of Diffusion-Limited Aggregation (DLA) -- 4.2. Nucleation-Limited versus Diffusion-Limited Growth -- 5. Crystal Growth and Kinetics -- 5.1. Growth Rate as a Function of Thickness -- 5.2. Growth Rate as a Function of Temperature -- 6. Summary -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 8 Friction at Soft Polymer Surface M. K. Chaudhury, K. Vorvolakos and D. Malotky -- Introduction -- Schallamach's Theory of Rubber Friction -- Experiments of Rubber Friction with Molecularly Smooth Surfaces -- Persson and Volikitin's Theory of Rubber Friction on Smooth Surfaces -- Friction Resulting from Stress-Biased Diffusion -- Examination of Experimental Data -- Friction in Gel -- Interfacial Instability and Friction -- Summary and Perspective -- References -- Chapter 9 Relationship Between Molecular Architecture, Large-Strain Mechanical Response and Adhesive Performance of Model, Block Copolymer-Based Pressure Sensitive Adhesives C. Creton and K. R. Shull -- Introduction -- 1. Mechanical Characterization -- 1.1. Effect of Chain Connectivity on Large Strain Behavior -- 1.2. Effect of Copolymer Architecture: Triblock/Diblock Blend versus Tetrablock -- 1.3. Effect of Copolymer Architecture: Star versus Linear -- 1.4. Large Strain Hysteresis -- 1.5. Acrylic Systems.

2. Adhesive Behavior -- 3. Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 10 Stability and Dewetting of Thin Liquid Films K. Jacobs, R. Seemann and S. Herminghaus -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Model Systems for Simple Liquids -- 3. The Energy Balance -- 3.1. The Young equation -- 3.2. The effective interface potential -- 4. Experiments: Linking the E ective Interface Potential to Macroscopic Properties -- 5. Characterizing Experimental Dewetting Patterns -- 6. Dynamics of Spinodal Dewetting -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 Anomalous Dynamics of Polymer Films O. K. C. Tsui -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Observations on the Tg of Polymer Films -- 2.1. Experimental Search for Enhanced Mobility at the Polymer-Air Interface -- 2.2. Significance of the Polymer-Air Interface and Confinement Effect Revealed by Freely-Standing Films -- 2.3. Effect of Chain Ends -- 2.4. Effect of the Polymer-Substrate Interface -- 3. A Major Issue -- 4. Theoretical Models -- 4.1. Layered Model -- 4.2. Sliding Chain Model -- 4.3. Percolation Model -- 4.4. Capillary Wave Model -- 5. Dynamical Measurements of Polymer Films -- 5.1. Diffusion Experiments -- 5.2. Viscosity or Dynamical Mechanical Measurements -- 6. Concluding Remarks and Outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Index.