The thin film morphology of stereoregular syndiotactic poly(p-methylstyrene)-cis-1,4-polybutadiene [sP(pMS-B)] multiblock copolymers has been investigated by tapping mode atomic force microscopy (TM-AFM) at variance of the polymer composition and monomer block lengths. The morphology of the thin films ranges from isolated circular domains of sP(pMS) embedded into a matrix of polybutadiene (PB) to isolated domain of PB embedded into a matrix of sP(pMS), passing through bicontinuous (jagged) lamellae when the p-methylstyrene (pMS) concentration is in the range 20-67 mol%. Multiple folding of the polymer segments, where i.e.polymer segments to each other phase are able to generate greater domain, has been postulated and validated by considerations on the polymer architecture, the thermal and crystalline behaviour.

Thin Film Nanostructure and Polymer Architecture in Semicrystalline Syndiotactic Poly( p ‐methylstyrene)‐ cis ‐1,4‐Polybutadiene Multiblock Copolymers

Della Monica, Francesco;
2019-01-01

Abstract

The thin film morphology of stereoregular syndiotactic poly(p-methylstyrene)-cis-1,4-polybutadiene [sP(pMS-B)] multiblock copolymers has been investigated by tapping mode atomic force microscopy (TM-AFM) at variance of the polymer composition and monomer block lengths. The morphology of the thin films ranges from isolated circular domains of sP(pMS) embedded into a matrix of polybutadiene (PB) to isolated domain of PB embedded into a matrix of sP(pMS), passing through bicontinuous (jagged) lamellae when the p-methylstyrene (pMS) concentration is in the range 20-67 mol%. Multiple folding of the polymer segments, where i.e.polymer segments to each other phase are able to generate greater domain, has been postulated and validated by considerations on the polymer architecture, the thermal and crystalline behaviour.
2019
2019
multiblock copolymer; nanostructure; thin film; atomic force microscopy; microstructure
Buonerba, Antonio; Della Monica, Francesco; Speranza, Vito; Capacchione, Carmine; Milione, Stefano; Grassi, Alfonso
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