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The chain segment dynamics in the bulk lamellar phase of polystyrene-polydimethylsiloxane (PS-PDMS) block copolymers has been probed by NMR. The experiments were performed on a PS-PDMS diblock and on a PS-PDMS-PS triblock with twice the molecular weight. In the diblock, at room temperature, the PDMS block segments undergo uniaxial reorientations around the normal to the lamellae. In the triblock, the reorientational motions exhibit a lower degree of symmetry: deviations from a uniaxial dynamics are observed. Such a behaviour originates in the anchorage of both PDMS chain ends into the PS glassy layers.
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Received 27 September 2001 and Received in final form 18 January 2002
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Lorthioir, C., Auroy, P., Deloche, B. et al. Chain segment ordering in lamellar sublayers of block copolymers: A NMR study. Eur. Phys. J. E 7, 261–266 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i200101144
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i200101144