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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 39, Issue 24, Pages 8434-8439Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma061094l
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The kinetics of assembly of a series of poly(2-vinylpyridine)-polystyrene-poly(2-vinylpyridine) (PVP-b-PS-b-PVP) triblock copolymers from the selective solvent toluene onto a silicon surface has been studied using phase-modulated ellipsometry. The adsorbed amount and thickness have been determined independently as functions of time. Even though the adsorbed amount as a function of time follows the traditional two-step process that is typical of the self-assembly of diblock copolymers-there is an initial fast adsorption followed by a slow buildup of the layer ( brush regime)-the thickness shows an overshoot that corresponds to the brush regime. We attribute this phenomenon, not observed in the self-assembly of amphiphilic diblock copolymers, to having both ends of the chain tethered. The final ellipsometric thicknesses of the brush made from the triblocks are less than that expected for a single-end tethered brush made from a diblock copolymer with a buoy block of similar molecular weight. This result supports the conclusion that PVP-b-PS-b-PVP triblock copolymers adsorb mainly in a looplike conformation.
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