thin films of poly(isoprene-b-ethylene oxide) diblock copolymers on mica : an atomic force microscopy study

The structural behavior of three amphiphilic semicrystalline poly(isoprene-b-ethylene oxide) block copolymers (PI-b-PEO) with different PEO volume fraction (f(PEO) = 0.32, 0.49, and 0.66), spin-coated on freshly cleaved mica surfaces from aqueous solutions, was investigated by atomic force microscop...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 29(2013), 7 vom: 19. Feb., Seite 2339-49
1. Verfasser: Kalloudis, Michail (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Glynos, Emmanouil, Pispas, Stergios, Walker, John, Koutsos, Vasileios
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
LEADER 01000naa a22002652 4500
001 NLM224523945
003 DE-627
005 20231224063110.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 231224s2013 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1021/la400041x  |2 doi 
028 5 2 |a pubmed24n0748.xml 
035 |a (DE-627)NLM224523945 
035 |a (NLM)23356669 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rakwb 
041 |a eng 
100 1 |a Kalloudis, Michail  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a thin films of poly(isoprene-b-ethylene oxide) diblock copolymers on mica  |b an atomic force microscopy study 
264 1 |c 2013 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a ƒaComputermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a ƒa Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
500 |a Date Completed 30.08.2013 
500 |a Date Revised 19.02.2013 
500 |a published: Print-Electronic 
500 |a Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE 
520 |a The structural behavior of three amphiphilic semicrystalline poly(isoprene-b-ethylene oxide) block copolymers (PI-b-PEO) with different PEO volume fraction (f(PEO) = 0.32, 0.49, and 0.66), spin-coated on freshly cleaved mica surfaces from aqueous solutions, was investigated by atomic force microscopy. We focus on the dependence of the resulting thin film nanostructures on the molecular characteristics (f(PEO) and molecular weight) and the adsorbed amount. The nanostructures obtained immediately after spin-coating were robust and remained unchanged after annealing and/or aging. The PEO affinity for the highly hydrophilic mica and the tendency of the hydrophobic and low surface energy PI to dewet and be at the free interface caused the soft PI-b-PEO micelles to collapse leading to the formation of 2D dendritic networks over mica. We show that, for all three polymers, the dendritic monolayer thickness can be predicted by a model consisting of a PEO crystallized layer (directly on top of mica) of the same thickness in all cases and a PI brush layer on top. In thicker areas, polymer material self-assembled into conelike multilamellar bilayers on top of the monolayer and oriented parallel to the substrate for both symmetric and asymmetric diblock copolymers with the lowest f(PEO). We compare the lateral morphology of the films and discuss the thickness heterogeneity, which results from the coupling and competition of crystallization kinetics, phase separation, and wetting/dewetting phenomena highlighting the role of the two blocks to inhibit or enhance certain morphologies. We show that the deviation of the f(PEO) = 0.32 thin film from its bulk phase structure (cylinders in hexagonal lattice) continues for several lamellar bilayers away from the substrate. For the asymmetric PI-b-PEO polymer with the higher PEO volume fraction (f(PEO) = 0.66) and higher APT, laterally extensive stacks of flat-on lamellar crystallites formed on the surface demonstrating the crucial role of the PEO crystallization 
650 4 |a Journal Article 
700 1 |a Glynos, Emmanouil  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Pispas, Stergios  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Walker, John  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Koutsos, Vasileios  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids  |d 1992  |g 29(2013), 7 vom: 19. Feb., Seite 2339-49  |w (DE-627)NLM098181009  |x 1520-5827  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:29  |g year:2013  |g number:7  |g day:19  |g month:02  |g pages:2339-49 
856 4 0 |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la400041x  |3 Volltext 
912 |a GBV_USEFLAG_A 
912 |a SYSFLAG_A 
912 |a GBV_NLM 
912 |a GBV_ILN_22 
912 |a GBV_ILN_350 
912 |a GBV_ILN_721 
951 |a AR 
952 |d 29  |j 2013  |e 7  |b 19  |c 02  |h 2339-49