Surface dynamics of micellar diblock copolymer films

ORAL

Abstract

We studied the structure and surface dynamics of poly(styrene)-b-poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PS-b-PDMS) diblock copolymer films with micellar PDMS surrounded by PS shells. By `in-situ' high resolution synchrotron x-ray reflectivity and diffuse scattering, we obtained exact thickness, electron density and surface tension. A segregation layer near the top surface was appeared with increasing temperature Surface dynamics were measured as a function of film thickness and temperature by x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy. The best fit to relaxation time constants as a function of in-plane wavevectors were analyzed with a theory based on capillary waves with hydrodynamics with bilayer model Finally the viscosities for the top segregated layer as well as for the bottom layer are obtained at given temperatures

*This work was supported by National Research Foundation of Korea (R15-2008-006-01001-0), Seoul Research and Business Development Program (10816), and Sogang University Research Grant (2010).

Authors

  • Sanghoon Song

    • Sogang University, Korea
    • Sogang University
  • Wonsuk Cha

    • Sogang University, Korea
    • Sogang University
  • Hyunjung Kim

    • Sogang University, Korea
    • Sogang University
  • Zhang Jiang

    • X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
    • Advanced Photon Source
    • Argonne National Laboratory
    • Argonne National Lab
  • Suresh Narayanan

    • Advanced Photon Source
    • X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
    • Argonne National Lab