Two-dimensional polymers investigated by scanning near-field optical microscopy: Phase separation of polymer blend monolayer
Two-dimensional polymers investigated by scanning near-field optical microscopy: Phase separation of polymer blend monolayer
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DOI:
10.1021/jp0032412
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发表时间:
2001-04
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
H. Aoki;S. Ito
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作者:
H. Aoki;S. Ito
Scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) was employed for investigating the phase separation behavior of a polymer blend monolayer which consisted of dye-labeled poly(octadecyl methacrylate) (PODMA) and poly(isobutyl methacrylate) (PiBMA), both forming stable monolayers at the air/water interface. The energy transfer emission was observed in the PODMA rich domain, indicating that there existed the area where both components were mixed at the molecular level. When the polymer blend solution is spread onto a water surface, the PODMA chains tend to aggregate and form a solidlike domain before the PODMA and PiBMA separate completely from each other. This is attributed to the strong crystallinity of the long alkyl group of PODMA. When the temperature was raised to 40 °C, the phase separation was almost completed in several minutes, and then the domain size increased with annealing time. The two-dimensional structure for the completely phase-separated monolayer was studied by time-resolved SNOM. A near-fie...