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POLYMER
Volume 44, Issue 19, Pages 5833-5841Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(03)00585-8
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polystyrene; poly(methyl methacrylate); dewetting
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By addition of a small amount of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) into polystyrene (PS), we present a novel approach to inhibit the dewetting process of thin PS film through phase separation of the off-critical polymer mixture (PS/PMMA). Owing to the preferential segregation of PMMA to the solid SiOx substrate, a nanometer thick layer, rich in PMMA phase, is formed. It is this diffusive PMMA-rich phase layer near the substrate that alters the dewetting behavior of the PS film. The degree of inhibition of dewetting depends on the concentration and molecular weight of PMMA component. PMMA with low (15.9k) and intermediate (102.7k) molecular weight stabilizes the films more effectively than that with a higher molecular weight (387k). (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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