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Inkjet Approaches Contribute to Facile Isotactic Poly(Methyl)/Syndiotactic Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Stereocomplex Surface Preparation
Author(s) -
Ajiro Hiroharu,
Hinoue Tomoaki,
Akashi Mitsuru
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201300207
Subject(s) - tacticity , polystyrene , methyl methacrylate , materials science , polymer chemistry , poly(methyl methacrylate) , polymer , methacrylate , solvent , evaporation , chemical engineering , monomer , organic chemistry , chemistry , composite material , polymerization , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
Isotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) and syndiotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) form a stereocomplex using an inkjet system. As compared with conventional methods such as simply mixing solutions or dipping substrates with a layer‐by‐layer (LbL) approach, a much smaller amount of polymer chains (9.0 × 10 7 ) can theoretically associate with each other, and the process is quicker. Glass and polystyrene substrates are compared as substrates, suggesting different morphologies due to the solvent interactions during the rapid evaporation. The stereocomplex structure is confirmed by infrared spectroscopy and X‐ray diffraction.