Gyroid Structures at Highly Asymmetric Volume Fractions by Blending of ABC Triblock Terpolymer and AB Diblock Copolymer

Ahn, Seonghyeon; Kwak, Jongheon; Choi, Chungryong; Seo, Yeseong; Kim, Jin Kon; Lee, Byeongdu

doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01734

Gyroid Structures at Highly Asymmetric Volume Fractions by Blending of ABC Triblock Terpolymer and AB Diblock Copolymer

Journal Article · Wed Nov 08 04:00:00 EST 2017 · Macromolecules

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01734· OSTI ID:1421978

Ahn, Seonghyeon ^[1]; Kwak, Jongheon ^[1]; Choi, Chungryong ^[1]; Seo, Yeseong ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[2]

Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology, Kyungbuk (Republic of Korea)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)

Here, we investigated, via small angle X-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy, the morphologies of binary blend of polyisoprene-b-polystyrene-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) (ISP) triblock terpolymer and polyisoprene-b-polystyrene (IS) diblock copolymer. An asymmetric ISP with volume fractions (f) of 0.12, 0.75, and 0.13 for PI, PS, and P2VP blocks, respectively, showed a new morphology: Coexistence of spheres and cylinders with tetragonal packing. Asymmetric IS with f_I = 0.11 and f_S =0.89 showed conventional body-centered cubic spherical microdomains. Very interestingly, a binary blend of ISP and IS with overall volume fractions of f_I = 0.12, f_S = 0.79, and f_P = 0.09 exhibited core-shell double gyroid (CSG: Q²³⁰ space group), where PI consists of thin core and PS forms thick shell, while P2VP becomes thin matrix. It is very unusual to form highly asymmetric CSG with the matrix having very small volume fraction (0.09).

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1421978

Journal Information:: Macromolecules, Journal Name: Macromolecules Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 50; ISSN 0024-9297

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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