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Pattern formation and ordering in thin films of crystallisable block copolymers
Article first published online: 2 AUG 2002
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3900(200207)183:1<173::AID-MASY173>3.0.CO;2-N
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Macromolecular Symposia
Special Issue: IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization
Volume 183, Issue 1, pages 173–178, July 2002
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Reiter, G., Castelein, G. and Sommer, J.-U. (2002), Pattern formation and ordering in thin films of crystallisable block copolymers. Macromol. Symp., 183: 173–178. doi: 10.1002/1521-3900(200207)183:1<173::AID-MASY173>3.0.CO;2-N
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Abstract
We show that tapping-mode atomic force microscopy provides real-space and time-resolved observations of morphology and pattern formation resulting from crystallisation of annealed thin films of polyethelenoxide or microphase-separated low-molecular-weight hydrogenated poly(butadiene-b-ethyleneoxide) diblock copolymers. Differences in viscoelastic properties allow distinguishing crystalline and molten (amorphous) areas with a nanometer resolution.