Templating the patterning of gold nanoparticles using a stained triblock copolymer film surface

Abstract

The selective staining of the polyisoprene block in a polystyrene- polyisoprene-polystyrene triblock copolymer enables nanoparticles of sputtered gold to be patterned into stripes, templated by the stained block copolymer lamellae.