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graphoepitaxy

graphoepitaxy

English

Noun

graphoepitaxy (uncountable)

  1. The growth of an aligned layer of single crystal, from a seed, on the surface of a substrate
    • 2015 July 25, “Automated Defect and Correlation Length Analysis of Block Copolymer Thin Film Nanopatterns”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133088:
      However the present samples lack any features to guide alignment, as is the case with graphoepitaxy, which assists in significantly lowering the observed defect density.