Construction Archimedean tiling patterns based on soft materials from block copolymers and covalent organic frameworks

Abstract

Soft materials based on block copolymers or covalent organic frameworks (COFs) that exhibit Archimedean tiling patterns have attracted significant interest due to their potential applications in nanopatterning, nanocomposites, and shape selectivity. Additionally, researchers have widely investigated the corresponding microporous or mesoporous materials with Archimedean tiling from COF or block copolymers as templates with high surface area and pore volume, or tunable porosity with different length scales, in separation, energy storage, drug delivery, photo-catalysis, photovoltaic solar cells, and chemical sensing. This review article highlights recent progress in constructing Archimedean tiling patterns based on the creation of ordered structures from block copolymers by self-assembly and the direct synthesis of COF materials with various topologies.

Keywords

• Archimedean tiling patterns
• Covalent organic frameworks
• Block copolymers, Self-assembled structures and Frank-Kasper phase