Wetting behavior of homopolymer films on chemically similar block copolymer surfaces

Y. Liu; M. H. Rafailovich; J. Sokolov; S. A. Schwarz; X. Zhong; A. Eisenberg; E. J. Kramer; B. B. Sauer; S. Satija

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.440

Wetting behavior of homopolymer films on chemically similar block copolymer surfaces

Y. Liu
, M. H. Rafailovich
, J. Sokolov
, S. A. Schwarz
, X. Zhong
, A. Eisenberg
, E. J. Kramer
, B. B. Sauer
, S. Satija

Materials Science and Engineering

Stony Brook University
Telcordia Technologies
McGill University
Cornell University
DuPont
National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Abstract

The wetting properties of thin polystyrene (PS) homopolymer films (polymerization index NH) were studied on the surfaces of polyvinylpyridine-polystyrene (PVP-PS) block copolymer films (polymerization indices NPS and NPVP) oriented into lamellae with the PS block present at the vacuum interface. Autodewetting was observed on the diblock copolymer surface when NHNPS5, with a contact angle independent of NH, but decreasing with N. The dewetting nucleated at the base of islands on the ordered PVP-PS surfaces. The dewetting processes were explained using mean field theories and Monte Carlo simulations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	440-443
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	73
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.440
State	Published - 1994

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