@article {24440,
	title = {Block Copolymer\&ndash;Nanorod Co-assembly in Thin Films: Effects of Rod\&ndash;Rod Interaction and Confinement},
	journal = {Macromolecules},
	volume = {53},
	year = {2020},
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	pages = {3234-3249},
	abstract = {Simulations and experiments of nanorods (NRs) show that co-assembly with block copolymer (BCP) melts leads to the formation of a superstructure of side-to-side NRs perpendicular to the lamellar axis. A mesoscopic model is validated against scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of CdSe NRs mixed with polystyrene-block-poly(methyl methacrylate). It is then used to study the co-assembly of anisotropic nanoparticles (NPs) with a length in the same order of magnitude as the lamellar spacing. The phase diagram of BCP/NP is explored as well as the time evolution of the NR. NRs that are slightly larger than the lamellar spacing are found to rotate and organize side-to-side with a tilted orientation with respect to the interface. Strongly interacting NPs are found to dominate the co-assembly, while weakly interacting nanoparticles are less prone to form aggregates and tend to form well-ordered configurations.},
	author = {Javier Diaz and Marco Pinna and Andrei V. Zvelindovsky and Ignacio Pagonabarraga and Shenhar, Roy}
}
