Uptake of water in as-spun poly(methyl methacrylate) thin films

Hironori Atarashi; Tomoyasu Hirai; Koichiro Hori; Masahiro Hino; Hiroshi Morita; Takeshi Serizawa; Keiji Tanaka

doi:10.1039/c3ra23066j

Uptake of water in as-spun poly(methyl methacrylate) thin films

Hironori Atarashi, Tomoyasu Hirai, Koichiro Hori, Masahiro Hino, Hiroshi Morita, Takeshi Serizawa, Keiji Tanaka

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The extent of water sorption in a thin film of a typical glassy polymer, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), was studied by neutron reflectivity. Interestingly, the as-spun film could uptake water to 16.3 vol%, much more than the reported value of a few vol% for bulk PMMA. This can be explained in terms of the heterogeneous density distribution in the film.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3516-3519
Number of pages	4
Journal	RSC Advances
Volume	3
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra23066j
Publication status	Published - Mar 21 2013

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