Premium
From Angstroms to Micrometers: Self‐Organized Hierarchical Structure within a Polymer Film
Author(s) -
Hayakawa Teruaki,
Horiuchi Shin
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200219877
Subject(s) - copolymer , angstrom , nanostructure , polymer , styrene , materials science , thin film , perpendicular , nanotechnology , phase (matter) , substrate (aquarium) , polymer science , block (permutation group theory) , conjugated system , crystallography , chemistry , composite material , combinatorics , geology , organic chemistry , mathematics , geometry , oceanography
Self‐organization on three length scales is exhibited by a block copolymer of styrene and an oligothiophene‐bearing isoprene in cast films. For example, a phase‐separated nanostructure consisting of π‐conjugated oligothiophene molecules is self‐aligned perpendicular to the substrate, as revealed in a TEM image of a section through the film (see picture).
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom