{"id":239881,"date":"2026-06-28T18:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/nanopattern-method-unlocks-precise-control-of-disorder-for-wave-guiding-devices"},"modified":"2026-06-28T18:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:11:17","slug":"nanopattern-method-unlocks-precise-control-of-disorder-for-wave-guiding-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/nanopattern-method-unlocks-precise-control-of-disorder-for-wave-guiding-devices","title":{"rendered":"Nanopattern method unlocks precise control of disorder for wave-guiding devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/nanopattern-method-unlocks-precise-control-of-disorder-for-wave-guiding-devices3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A research team has developed a methodology to precisely design and control the \u201cdegree of disorder\u201d in nanopattern arrays using metal-infiltrated block copolymer (BCP) thin films. The work was led by Professor So Youn Kim of the Seoul National University College of Engineering Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, in collaboration with Professor Su-Mi Hur\u2019s team at DGIST and Professor S. Joon Kwon\u2019s team at Sungkyunkwan University. The paper is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-026-72360-5\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal <i>Nature Communications<\/i>. The study was selected as an Editors\u2019 Highlight in materials science and chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>This disordered nanopattern fabrication technology is regarded as an innovative approach that enables precise control of nanoscale disorder structures\u2014previously difficult to regulate\u2014thereby opening new possibilities in the design of nano-optical and nanoelectronic devices.<\/p>\n<p>In ordered structures, waves propagate over long distances, whereas in disordered structures, repeated scattering can lead to localization, where waves remain confined within a specific region. Such disordered structures exhibit unique functionalities that can induce localization phenomena for various types of waves, including light, sound and heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A research team has developed a methodology to precisely design and control the \u201cdegree of disorder\u201d in nanopattern arrays using metal-infiltrated block copolymer (BCP) thin films. The work was led by Professor So Youn Kim of the Seoul National University College of Engineering Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, in collaboration with Professor Su-Mi Hur\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19,38,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-chemistry","category-engineering","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}