Bulk and surface morphologies of ABC miktoarm star terpolymers comprised of PDMS, PI and PMMA arms

Sergey Chernyy*, Jacob Judas Kain Kirkensgaard, Jyoti P. Mahalik, Hyeyoung Kim, Matthias M. L. Arras, Rajeev Kumar, Bobby G. Sumpter, Gregory S. Smith, Kell Mortensen, Thomas P. Russell, Kristoffer Almdal

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    Abstract

    DIM miktoarm star copolymers, composed of polydimethylsiloxane [D], poly(1,4-isoprene) [I], and poly(methyl methacrylate) [M], were synthesized using a newly developed linking methodology with 4-allyl-1,1-diphenylethylene as a linking agent. The equilibrium bulk morphologies of the DIM stars were found to range from [6.6.6] tiling patterns to alternating lamellar and alternating cylindrical morphologies, as determined experimentally by small-angle X-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy and confirmed by dissipative particle dynamics and self-consistent field theory based arguments. The thin film morphologies, which differ from those found in the bulk, were identified by scanning electron microscopy, coupled with oxygen plasma etching. Square arrays of the PDMS nanodots and empty core cylinders were formed on silica after oxygen plasma removal of the poly(1,4-isoprene) and poly(methyl methacrylate) which generated nanostructured substrates decorated with these features readily observable.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalMacromolecules
    Volume51
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)1041-1051
    ISSN0024-9297
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018

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