Long-Range Lamellar Alignment in Diblock Bottlebrush Copolymers via Controlled Oscillatory Shear

Yavitt, Benjamin M.; Fei, Huafeng; Kopanati, Gayathri; Li, Ruipeng; Fukuto, Masafumi; Winter, H. Henning; Watkins, James J.

doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00047

Long-Range Lamellar Alignment in Diblock Bottlebrush Copolymers via Controlled Oscillatory Shear

Journal Article · Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Macromolecules

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00047· OSTI ID:1631925

^[1]; ^[1]; Kopanati, Gayathri ^[1]; Li, Ruipeng ^[2]; Fukuto, Masafumi ^[2]; Winter, H. Henning ^[1]; Watkins, James J. ^[1]

Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)

A simple strategy is presented to achieve well-ordered nanostructures in microphase-separated diblock bottlebrush copolymers (dbBB) for potential opportunities in nanotechnology that require large grain sizes and directed orientation. The unique architecture and relaxation processes of dbBBs offer a pathway to enhanced dynamic ordering and reorientation over macroscopic scales. Here, controlled shear is used to align lamellar domains. The high molecular mobility of dbBBs in the melt state, as shown by linear and nonlinear viscoelastic characterization, supports this alignment process. When subjected to large-amplitude oscillatory shear at controlled frequency (ω), strain amplitude (γ), and temperature (T_shear), microphase-separated lamellae transition into highly aligned states as determined by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). High throughput synchrotron SAXS is used to rapidly characterize microphase separation and lamellar alignment across the entire bulk sample. Lamellae align parallel to shear planes with an orientation order parameter (S) approaching S = 0.8 over a large cubic volume (V ~ mm³).

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1631925

Report Number(s):: BNL--215966-2020-JAAM

Journal Information:: Macromolecules, Journal Name: Macromolecules Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 53; ISSN 0024-9297

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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