MICROSTRUCTURE OF BLOCK-COPOLYMER REINFORCED INTERFACES OBSERVED WITHFRICTIONAL FORCE MICROSCOPY

Authors
JANDT KD DAI CA KRAMER EJ
Citation
Kd. Jandt et al., MICROSTRUCTURE OF BLOCK-COPOLYMER REINFORCED INTERFACES OBSERVED WITHFRICTIONAL FORCE MICROSCOPY, Advanced materials, 8(8), 1996, pp. 660
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Advanced materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09359648
Volume
8
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-9648(1996)8:8<660:MOBRIO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The microstructure of block copolymer-reinforced interfaces of homopol ymers has been studied by frictional force microscopy (FFM). The FFM m icrograph in the Figure shows details, e.g., lamellar branching, of a poly(styrene)/poly(2-vinylpyridine) (PS/PVP) homopolymer interface rei nforced with a PVP-PS-PVP triblock copolymer. An explanation for the n eed to ''develop'' the FFM image is proposed and the advantages of FFM over TEM are discussed.