The Form of the Enriched Surface Layer in Polymer Blends

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Abstract
The concentration profile at the surface in blends of deuterated and protonated polystyrene (d-PS and PS) is inferred from measurements of neutron reflectivity and secondary-ion mass spectrometry, using constraints provided by forward recoil spectrometry and X-ray reflectometry results on the same samples. The surface is enriched in d-PS, the volume fraction and the decay length of which are in good agreement with the predictions of mean-field theory but the form of the profile shows small, but statistically significant, deviations from that predicted by the theory.