Abstract
The phase transitions in the films of an asymmetric polystyrene-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) (PS-b-P2VP) were investigated by grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Compared with the sequential transitions in the bulk, hexagonally perforated layer (HPL) - gyroid (GYR) - disorder (DIS) upon heating, the transitions in film geometry were dramatically changed with decreasing thickness due to the growing preferential interactions from substrate, resulting in a thickness-dependent transition diagram including four different morphologies of hexagonally modulated layer (HML), coexisting (HML and GYR), GYR, and DIS. Particularly in the films ≤ 10Lo, where Lois d-spacing at 150°C, a stable HML structure was identified even above the order-to-disorder transition (ODT) temperature of the bulk, which was attributed to the suppressed compositional fluctuations by the enhanced substrate interactions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 32-39 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | polymer |
Volume | 60 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 Mar 9 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the Samsung Research Funding Center of Samsung Electronics under Project Number SRFC-MA1301-03 and NRF grants (2014R1A2A2A01004364) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (MSIP), Korea .
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Materials Chemistry