Phase behavior in thin films of cylinder-forming ABA block copolymers: Experiments
- 8 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 120 (2) , 1105-1116
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1627324
Abstract
We experimentally establish a phase diagram of thin films of concentrated solutions of a cylinder forming polystyrene-block-polybutadiene-block-polystyrene triblock copolymer in chloroform. During annealing the film forms islands and holes with energetically favored values of film thickness. The thin film structure depends on the local thickness of the film and the polymer concentration. Typically, at a thickness close to a favored film thickness parallel orientation of cylinders is observed, while perpendicular orientation is formed at an intermediate film thickness. At high polymer concentration the cylindrical microdomains reconstruct to a perforated lamellastructure. Deviations from the bulk structure, such as the perforated lamella and a wetting layer are stabilized in films thinner than ≈1.5 domain spacings.Keywords
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