graphoepitaxy

English

Etymology

From grapho- +‎ epitaxy.

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:

     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.