INVESTIGATION OF MORPHOLOGIES AND NANOSTRUCTURES OF POLYMER BLENDS BYTAPPING MODE PHASE IMAGING

Authors
THOMANN Y CANTOW HJ BAR G WHANGBO MH
Citation
Y. Thomann et al., INVESTIGATION OF MORPHOLOGIES AND NANOSTRUCTURES OF POLYMER BLENDS BYTAPPING MODE PHASE IMAGING, Applied physics A: Materials science & processing, 66, 1998, pp. 1233-1236
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics A: Materials science & processing → ACNP
ISSN journal
09478396
Volume
66
Year of publication
1998
Part
2
Supplement
S
Pages
1233 - 1236
Database
ISI
SICI code
0947-8396(1998)66:<1233:IOMANO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Tapping mode atomic force microscopy (TMAFM) measurements were carried out for blends of a triblock copolymer, lock-poly(ethene-co-but-1-ene )-block-poly(styrene) (SEBS), with isotactic polypropylene (i-PP). Our TMAFM work on SEBS/i-PP blends show that phase imaging is an importan t and competitive tool for studying the microphase separation of polym ers, and that the use of the film-glass interface is relevant in learn ing about the bulk morphology of polyolefinic samples by TMAFM.