Abstract
ABSTRACTBlock copolymer/nanoparticle (BCP/NP) composites have attracted much attention due to their easiness of fabricating nanoscopic hierarchical structures, and significantly enhanced chemical and physical properties of the nanocomposites. Most of the focus in co‐assembly of BCPs and NPs has been placed on the controlled alignment of NPs, “passively,” in the BCP domain. However, NPs with carefully designed interfacial properties “actively” direct self‐assembled structure of BCP in a nonconventional route. Herein, we review recent investigations of the self‐assembly of BCP domains in thin films via the addition of structure‐directing organic and inorganic NPs. Understanding the phase behavior of BCP/NP co‐assembly along with the theoretical description can shed a light on the far‐reaching potentials to creating nonconventional nanostructures rarely obtained via traditional fabrication tools. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2016, 54, 118–127
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