Epitaxial Crystallization and Epitaxial Polymerization as Tools for Molecular Engineering.

摘要

A study has been made of the use of epitaxial crystallization of polymers, epitaxial polymerization and combinations of surface interactions and reactions to produce polymer epilayers with unique structures, morphologies, and properties. Classically, epitaxial crystallization of polymers is the oriented crystallization of polymers during interaction with a crystalline substrate. Epitaxial polymerization involves the crystallization of a monomer on a crystalline substrate and subsequent polymerization initiated thermally by ionizing radiation or by chemical doping. In addition, a technique termed graphoepitaxy has been utilized which results from crystallization along deliberate deformities or topologies such as grooves in the substrate surface, and not necessarily crystallographic interactions.