Solvent-induced novel morphologies in diblock copolymer blend thin films

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作者
Chen, YZ [1 ]
Wang, ZB [1 ]
Gong, YM [1 ]
Huang, HY [1 ]
He, TB [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Changchun Inst Appl Chem, Grad Sch, State Key Lab Polymer Phys & Chem, Changchun 130022, Jilin, Peoples R China
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10.1021/jp054260k
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We report the morphology and phase behaviors of blend thin films containing two poly styrene-b-poly (methyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA) diblock copolymers with different blending compositions induced by a selective solvent for the PMMA block, which were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The neat asymmetric PS-b-PMMA diblock copolymers employed in this study, respectively coded as a(1) and a(2), have similar molecular weights but different volume fractions of PS block (f(PS) = 0.273 and 0.722). Another symmetric PS-b-PMMA diblock copolymer, coded as s, which has a PS block length similar to that of a(1), was also used. For the asymmetric a(1)/a(2) blend thin films, circular multilayered structures were formed. For the asymmetric a(1)/symmetric s blend thin films, inverted phases with PMMA as the dispersed domains were observed, when the weight fraction of s was less than 50%. The origins of the morphology formation in the blend thin films via solvent treatment are discussed. Combined with the theoretical prediction by Birshtein et al. (Polymer 1992, 33, 2750), we interpret the formation of these special microstructures as due to the packing frustration induced by the difference in block lengths and the preferential interactions between the solvent and PMMA block. Results obtained here suggest that diblock copolymer blend thin films treated with a selective solvent offer an alternative and attractive approach to control the self-organization of polymers.
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