Perpendicularly Oriented Block Copolymer Thin Films Induced by Neutral Star Copolymer Nanoparticles
- Authors
- Kim, Seyoung; Yoo, Misang; Baettig, Julia; Kang, Eun-Hye; Koo, Jaseung; Choe, Youngson; Choi, Tae-Lim; Khan, Anzar; Son, Jeong Gon; Bang, Joona
- Issue Date
- 1월-2015
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Citation
- ACS MACRO LETTERS, v.4, no.1, pp.133 - 137
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ACS MACRO LETTERS
- Volume
- 4
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 133
- End Page
- 137
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/94750
- DOI
- 10.1021/mz500761h
- ISSN
- 2161-1653
- Abstract
- By introducing neutral star copolymers consisting of poly(styrene-r-methyl methacrylate) (PS-r-PMMA) arms, a perpendicular orientation of PS-b-PMMA microdomains in thin films could be achieved without any surface treatment. The star copolymers were synthesized by arm-first method in which short chain arms are cross-linked by employing a multifunctional coupling reagent via atom transfer radical polymerization. To find the optimal neutral composition for the perpendicular orientation, we varied the composition of MMA in PS-r-PMMA arms from 40 mol % to 80 mol %. It was found that the star copolymer having an overall PS and PMMA composition of 59:41 exhibits the well-ordered perpendicular orientation of lamellar structures after thermal annealing. Furthermore, we also prepared the deuterated star copolymers to trace them within PS-b-PMMA films along vertical direction by neutron reflectivity. In this case, it was observed that star copolymers were mainly located at the top surface and bottom interface of the films, thereby effectively neutralizing the surface/interfacial energy differences.
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