Resolving Triblock Terpolymer Morphologies by Vapor-Phase Infiltration

Lee, Sangho; Subramanian, Ashwanth; Tiwale, Nikhil; Kisslinger, Kim; Mumtaz, Muhammad; Shi, Ling-Ying; Aissou, Karim; Nam, Chang-Yong; Ross, Caroline A.

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01647

Resolving Triblock Terpolymer Morphologies by Vapor-Phase Infiltration

Journal Article · Wed May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Chemistry of Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01647· OSTI ID:1644000

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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. de Bordeaux, (France)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Sichuan Univ., Chengdu (China)
Univ. de Bordeaux, (France); Montpellier Univ. (France)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

The spontaneous formation of well-organized three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures from self-assembled block copolymers (BCPs) holds promise for nanofabrication and lithography. The addition of a third block to BCPs provides access to a plethora of 3D geometries, but it remains difficult to resolve the geometry of such “three-color” structures when there is low contrast between the polymeric components at length scales of a few nm. Here, we apply vapor-phase infiltration synthesis to a silicon-containing triblock terpolymer, poly(1,1- dimethyl silacyclobutane-b-styrene-b-lactide) (PDMSB-b-PS-b-PLA or DSL) to distinguish the 3D microdomain morphologies of the two organic blocks, PLA and PS. Selective infiltration of ZnO within the PLA microdomains reveals morphologies consisting of three-color lamellae or lamellae combined with vertically aligned core-shell cylinders, depending on the volume fractions of each block. The infiltration produces ZnO nanoparticles throughout the 260 nm thickness of the DSL film, generating 3D nanocomposites containing ZnO and SiO_x. These results provide a strategy for synthesizing multicomponent 3D nanostructures as well as visualizing the phase behavior of multi-block copolymers.

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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:: 1644000

Report Number(s):: BNL--216195-2020-JAAM

Journal Information:: Chemistry of Materials, Journal Name: Chemistry of Materials Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 32; ISSN 1520-5002; ISSN 0897-4756

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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