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Aggregation Behavior of Homo-PS/PS-b-P2VP Blends at the Air/Water Interface

✍ Scribed by Gangyao Wen; Bonghoon Chung; Taihyun Chang


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
373 KB
Volume
29
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1336

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

The mixed Langmuir monolayers and Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) films of homo‐polystyrene (h‐PS) and the diblock copolymer polystyrene‐block‐poly(2‐vinylpyridine) (PS‐b‐P2VP) have been characterized by the Langmuir monolayer technique and tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM), respectively. When the content of h‐PS is below 80 wt.‐%, the mixed LB films of h‐PS/PS‐b‐P2VP mainly exhibit isolated circular nanoaggregates. With a further increase of the h‐PS content (80–95%), however, highly uniform and stable necklace‐network structures are observed in the mixed LB films.

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