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Determination of the Flory-Huggins parameter for a pair of polymer units from AFM data for thin films of block copolymers

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The structures of thin films of the polystyrene-polybutadiene-polystyrene (SBS) and polystyrene-poly(methyl acrylate)-polystyrene (SMAS) triblock copolymers were studied. The film morphology was found to depend on the conditions of film formation. The average domain sizes of these films and the period of the lamellar structure of SMAS films were determined. The Flory-Huggins parameter was estimated for a pair of styrene and methyl acrylate units.

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  1. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    E. A. Men’shikov

  2. Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    E. A. Men’shikov, A. V. Bol’shakova & I. V. Yaminskii

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Men’shikov, A.V. Bol’shakova, I.V. Yaminskii, 2009, published in Fizikokhimiya Poverkhnosti i Zashchita Materialov, 2009, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 277–281.

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Men’shikov, E.A., Bol’shakova, A.V. & Yaminskii, I.V. Determination of the Flory-Huggins parameter for a pair of polymer units from AFM data for thin films of block copolymers. Prot Met Phys Chem Surf 45, 295–299 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2070205109030058

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