Single-molecule tracking study of the permeability and transverse width of individual cylindrical microdomains in solvent-swollen polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) films
Abstract
Understanding the properties of solvent-swollen block copolymer (BCP) microdomains is important for better solvent-based control of microdomain morphology, orientation, and permeability. In this study, single-molecule tracking (SMT) was explored to assess the permeability and transverse width of individual cylindrical microdomains in solvent-swollen polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PEO) films. PS-b-PEO films comprising shear-elongated cylindrical PEO microdomains were prepared by sandwiching its benzene or tetrahydrofuran (THF) solution between two glass substrates. In this paper, SMT measurements were performed at different drying times to investigate the effects of solvent evaporation on the microdomain properties. SMT data showed one-dimensional (1D) motions of single fluorescent molecules (sulforhodamine B) based on their diffusion within the cylindrical microdomains. Microdomain permeability and transverse width were assessed from the single-molecule diffusion coefficients (DSMT) and transverse variance of the 1D trajectories (σδ2), respectively. The DSMT and σδ2 values from individual 1D trajectories were widely distributed with no evidence of correlation on a single molecule basis, possibly because the individual microdomains in a film were swollen to different extents. On average, microdomain permeability (D) and effective radius (r) gradually decreased within the first 3 days of drying due to solvent evaporation, and changed negligibly thereafter. PS-b-PEO films prepared from THF solutions exhibited largermore »
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- Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
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- Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1330964
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- SC0002362
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- Accepted Manuscript
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- Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Biophysical Chemistry
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 120; Journal Issue: 47; Journal ID: ISSN 1520-6106
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- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
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- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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Sapkota, Dol Raj, Tran-Ba, Khanh-Hoa, Elwell-Cuddy, Trevor, Higgins, Daniel A., and Ito, Takashi. Single-molecule tracking study of the permeability and transverse width of individual cylindrical microdomains in solvent-swollen polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) films. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b08368.
Sapkota, Dol Raj, Tran-Ba, Khanh-Hoa, Elwell-Cuddy, Trevor, Higgins, Daniel A., & Ito, Takashi. Single-molecule tracking study of the permeability and transverse width of individual cylindrical microdomains in solvent-swollen polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b08368
Sapkota, Dol Raj, Tran-Ba, Khanh-Hoa, Elwell-Cuddy, Trevor, Higgins, Daniel A., and Ito, Takashi. Fri .
"Single-molecule tracking study of the permeability and transverse width of individual cylindrical microdomains in solvent-swollen polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b08368. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1330964.
@article{osti_1330964,
title = {Single-molecule tracking study of the permeability and transverse width of individual cylindrical microdomains in solvent-swollen polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) films},
author = {Sapkota, Dol Raj and Tran-Ba, Khanh-Hoa and Elwell-Cuddy, Trevor and Higgins, Daniel A. and Ito, Takashi},
abstractNote = {Understanding the properties of solvent-swollen block copolymer (BCP) microdomains is important for better solvent-based control of microdomain morphology, orientation, and permeability. In this study, single-molecule tracking (SMT) was explored to assess the permeability and transverse width of individual cylindrical microdomains in solvent-swollen polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PEO) films. PS-b-PEO films comprising shear-elongated cylindrical PEO microdomains were prepared by sandwiching its benzene or tetrahydrofuran (THF) solution between two glass substrates. In this paper, SMT measurements were performed at different drying times to investigate the effects of solvent evaporation on the microdomain properties. SMT data showed one-dimensional (1D) motions of single fluorescent molecules (sulforhodamine B) based on their diffusion within the cylindrical microdomains. Microdomain permeability and transverse width were assessed from the single-molecule diffusion coefficients (DSMT) and transverse variance of the 1D trajectories (σδ2), respectively. The DSMT and σδ2 values from individual 1D trajectories were widely distributed with no evidence of correlation on a single molecule basis, possibly because the individual microdomains in a film were swollen to different extents. On average, microdomain permeability (D) and effective radius (r) gradually decreased within the first 3 days of drying due to solvent evaporation, and changed negligibly thereafter. PS-b-PEO films prepared from THF solutions exhibited larger changes in D and r as compared with those from benzene solutions due to the better swelling of the PEO microdomains by THF. Importantly, changes in D were more prominent than those in r, suggesting that the permeability of the PEO microdomains is very susceptible to the presence of solvent. Finally, these results reveal the unique capability of SMT to assess the properties of individual cylindrical microdomains in a solvent-swollen BCP film.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b08368},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Biophysical Chemistry},
number = 47,
volume = 120,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Nov 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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