Transition behavior of asymmetric polystyrene-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) films: A stable hexagonally modulated layer structure
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 Lo is 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.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Samsung Electronics; Ministry of Science, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Future Planning of Korea; USDOE Office of Science - Office of Basic Energy Sciences
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1241351
- Journal Information:
- Additives for Polymers, Journal Name: Additives for Polymers Vol. 60; ISSN 0306-3747
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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