Simultaneous imaging for surface and internal structure of polymer blend thin films

Hideki Sugihara; Kazuyuki Oya; Hiroki Murase; Keiichi Akabori; Keiji Tanaka; Tisato Kajiyama; Atsushi Takahara

doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2007.10.080

Simultaneous imaging for surface and internal structure of polymer blend thin films

Hideki Sugihara, Kazuyuki Oya, Hiroki Murase, Keiichi Akabori, Keiji Tanaka, Tisato Kajiyama, Atsushi Takahara

Department of Applied Molecular Chemistry

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Abstract

A novel experimental technique for three-dimensional (3D) visualization of phase-separated structure of polymer blend thin film was proposed. Polystyrene/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PS/PMMA) blend thin films with the thickness of approximately 100 nm were cut at extremely low angle by utilizing surface and interface cutting analysis system (SAICAS), and the cross-section was exposed as gradient surface with the width of approximately 2.5 μm. SFM investigation for the grazing cross-section imaged the detailed internal and surface phase separated structure of the (PS/PMMA) blend thin films on one image.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3180-3183
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Surface Science
Volume	254
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2007.10.080
Publication status	Published - Mar 15 2008

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Chemistry(all)
Condensed Matter Physics
Physics and Astronomy(all)
Surfaces and Interfaces
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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