Abstract
Side-chain fluorination effects on morphological behavior of symmetric polystyrene-b-poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PtBMA) was investigated using small angle X-ray scattering, where the tBMA units were partially modified into 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate (TFEMA) and methacrylic anhydride (MAA) units to form PS-b-P(tBMA-r-TFEMA-r-MAA)s. Above 50% fluorination from 7.8 kg/mol PS-b-PtBMA, a lamellar structure was identified over the entire temperature range up to 240oC. However, a 36% fluorination product exhibited the morphological transition from cylindrical to gyroid structures further to disordered state with increasing temperature. This abnormal phase stability was attributed presumably to a transient increase in conformational asymmetry that creates spontaneous interfacial curvatures between the two blocks.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 401-406 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the NRF grants (2017R1A2A2A05001048, 2017R1A4A1014569) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (MSIP), Korea.
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© 2019 SPST.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Polymers and Plastics
- Organic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry