Langmuir films of polystyrene-b-poly(alkyl acrylate) diblock copolymers

Authors
Li, S Clarke, CJ Eisenberg, A Lennox, RB
Citation
S. Li et al., Langmuir films of polystyrene-b-poly(alkyl acrylate) diblock copolymers, THIN SOL FI, 354(1-2), 1999, pp. 136-141
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
THIN SOLID FILMS
ISSN journal
00406090 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
136 - 141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6090(19991008)354:1-2<136:LFOPAD>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We report studies of the self-assembly of amphiphilic diblock copolymers, p olystyrene-b-poly(alkyl acrylate) at the air water interface. Using the Lan gmuir film balance, unusual multiple plateau/inflection transitions in surf ace pressure / molecular area isotherms have been observed. Transmission el ectron microscopy of the corresponding Langmuir-Blodgett films has shown th e presence of surface micelles. We have studied the effect of a range of di fferent alkyl blocks on the isotherms. Possible mechanisms for the multiple inflections observed in the isotherms are discussed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Sci ence S.A. All rights reserved.