Influence of Osmotic Pressure on Nanostructures in Thin Films of a Weakly-Segregated Block Copolymer and Its Blends with a Homopolymer
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Materials and Sample Preparation
2.2. Materials Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Morphological Observations
3.2. Spatial Ordering
3.3. Surface Wrinkling for Perpendicular Lamellae
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Materials | Mntotal (kg/mol) | MnPS (kg/mol) | MnPMMA (kg/mol) | Mw/Mn | fPS | Morphology |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P(S65-b-M61) | 126 | 65 | 61 | 1.10 | 0.51 | lamellae |
P(S53-b-M54) | 107 | 53 | 54 | 1.16 | 0.49 | lamellae |
P(S45-b-M44) | 89 | 45 | 44 | 1.12 | 0.49 | lamellae |
P(S33-b-M33) | 66 | 33 | 33 | 1.09 | 0.5 | lamellae |
P(S21-b-M21) | 42 | 21 | 21 | 1.07 | 0.5 | lamellae |
PS270 | 270 | 1.06 | 1 | |||
PS6 | 6.1 | 1.33 | 1 |
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Chen, Y.-F.; Hong, J.-W.; Chang, J.-H.; Junisu, B.A.; Sun, Y.-S. Influence of Osmotic Pressure on Nanostructures in Thin Films of a Weakly-Segregated Block Copolymer and Its Blends with a Homopolymer. Polymers 2021, 13, 2480. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13152480
Chen Y-F, Hong J-W, Chang J-H, Junisu BA, Sun Y-S. Influence of Osmotic Pressure on Nanostructures in Thin Films of a Weakly-Segregated Block Copolymer and Its Blends with a Homopolymer. Polymers. 2021; 13(15):2480. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13152480
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Yi-Fang, Jia-Wen Hong, Jung-Hong Chang, Belda Amelia Junisu, and Ya-Sen Sun. 2021. "Influence of Osmotic Pressure on Nanostructures in Thin Films of a Weakly-Segregated Block Copolymer and Its Blends with a Homopolymer" Polymers 13, no. 15: 2480. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13152480