Thermodynamics and ordering kinetics in asymmetric PS- b -PMMA block copolymer thin films

Data di pubblicazione: 1 Gen 2020

RivistaFonte dati: OPENALEXTipo OpenAlex: articleOpen Access
Autori: Gabriele Seguini, Fabio Zanenga, Gianluca Cannetti, Michele Perego

) close to the order-disorder transition is experimentally investigated following the temporal evolution of the correlation length at different annealing temperatures. The growth exponent of the grain-coarsening process is determined to be 1/2, signature of a curvature-driven ordering mechanism. The measured activation enthalpy and the resulting Meyer-Neldel temperature for this specific copolymer along with the data already known for PS-b-PMMA block copolymers in strong segregation limit allow investigation of the interplay between the ordering kinetics and the thermodynamic driving force during the grain coarsening. These findings unveil various phenomena concomitantly occurring during the thermally activated ordering kinetics at segmental, single chain, and collective levels.

Fonte
Soft Matter
Volume
16
Fascicolo
23
Pagine
5525-5533
Citazioni
14
ID archivio
7e9bfbe7413d88b7601f8b3945c54724
Riferimenti
Volume: 16 Issue: 23 Pages: 5525-5533