Abstract
We propose a mechanism for creating lateral order in thin films of a homopolymer mixture via spinodal decomposition in the presence of a laterally structured substrate surface. The system under consideration is a mixture of deuterated polystyrene and partially brominated polystyrene (PBrxS, x=0.5) spuncast onto different substrates from toluene solution. We demonstrate that periodic stripe-like domain structures can be observed in the polymer films after spinodal decomposition on a periodic array of Cr lines on a H-terminated Si surface. The effect vanishes when the chemistry of the underlying structure is changed, strongly indicating an interface-driven ordering of the polymer film.
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Created | 23 years, 1 month ago (July 26, 2002, 9:38 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 3, 2024, 2:16 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 5, 2024, 7:35 p.m.) |
Issued | 31 years, 3 months ago (May 16, 1994) |
Published | 31 years, 3 months ago (May 16, 1994) |
Published Print | 31 years, 3 months ago (May 16, 1994) |
@article{Krausch_1994, title={Self-assembly of a homopolymer mixture via phase separation}, volume={64}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.111482}, DOI={10.1063/1.111482}, number={20}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Krausch, Georg and Kramer, Edward J. and Rafailovich, Miriam H. and Sokolov, Jonathan}, year={1994}, month=may, pages={2655–2657} }