Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 25, Issue 7, Pages 4235-4242Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la802471p
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- DFG [MU1487/2]
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The morphology transition due to midblock swelling with low-molecular-weight homopolymer polystyrene of an ABA-type triblock copolymer polyparamethylstyrene-block-polystyrene-block-polyparamethylstyrene at the buried silicon substrate interface is studied as a function of different substrate surface treatments. With grazing incidence small-angle neutron scattering (GISANS), high interface sensitivity is reached. The powderlike oriented lamellar structure in the bulk becomes oriented along the surface normal in the vicinity of the substrate. A transition of the lamellar into a cylinder phase at the polymer-silicon interface is probed with GISANS. The transition is induced by the addition of the homopolymer, but the modification of the short-ranged interface potential of the substrate influences the amount of homopolymer that is necessary for this transition. Without and with 0.1 vol % added homopolymer, the lateral spacing is stretched at the interface as compared to the bulk whereas for a higher added amount of homopolymer no stretching occurs.
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