| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 38, Number 3, April III 1997
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 207 - 212 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, thermal and mechanical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1997-00226-8 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Cross-link–induced autophobicity in polymer melts: A re-entrant wetting transition
Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Received:
22
July
1996
Accepted:
21
February
1997
We have investigated the wetting behaviour of a polymer melt on top of a cross-linked network of itself. For substrate films that were not cross-linked at all (or at very low cross-link densities) the melt completely wets the underlying layer. At intermediate cross-linking densities we observe dewetting, which we suggest is due to the brush-like surface of the network. At higher cross-linking densities the melt again completely wets the network, due, we believe, to increased roughening of the surface of the cross-linked substrate.
PACS: 68.45.Gd – Wetting / 68.15.+e – Liquid thin films / 61.25.Hq – Macromolecular and polymer solutions; polymer melts; swelling
© EDP Sciences, 1997
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