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Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers in Thin Films Swollen-Rich in Solvent Vapors.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
|---|---|
| Author | Babutan, Iulia Todor-Boer, Otto Atanase, Leonard Ionut Vulpoi, Adriana Botiz, Ioan |
| Editor | Antonioli, Diego |
| Copyright Year | 2023 |
| Abstract | In this study we have employed a polymer processing method based on solvent vapor annealing in order to condense relatively large amounts of solvent vapors onto thin films of block copolymers and thus to promote their self-assembly into ordered nanostructures. As revealed by the atomic force microscopy, a periodic lamellar morphology of poly(2-vinylpyridine)-b-polybutadiene and an ordered morphology comprised of hexagonally-packed structures made of poly(2-vinylpyridine)-b-poly(cyclohexyl methacrylate) were both successfully generated on solid substrates for the first time. |
| Journal | Polymers |
| Volume Number | 15 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC10145245 |
| Issue Number | 8 |
| PubMed reference number | 37112047 |
| e-ISSN | 20734360 |
| DOI | 10.3390/polym15081900 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2023-04-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). © 2023 by the authors. |
| Subject Keyword | block copolymers thin films solvent vapor annealing self-assembly atomic force microscopy |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Chemistry Polymers and Plastics |