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A Comparative Study on Morphology of Block Copolymer Using Atomic Force Microscopy and Transmission Electronics Microscopy

  • You Wang
  • , Ying Shun Li
  • , Rui Song
  • , Jing Shu Shen*
  • , Cheng Fen Long
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - Institute of Chemistry

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Abstract

The morphology of poly (styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene) (SEBS) triblock copolymer cast from heptane and toluene was studied by combining atomic force microscopy (AFM) with transmission electronics microscopy (TEM). The quantitative agreement of the results of AFM and TEM plays a key role in determining the phase attribution for the AFM images. It is confirmed that under the moderate tapping condition, the hills in AFM height images correspond to the polystyrene phase and the valleys to the rubbery phase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1941-1942
Number of pages2
JournalGaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao/Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities
Volume22
Issue number11
StatePublished - Nov 2001

Keywords

  • AFM
  • Microphase separation
  • Morphology
  • TEM

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