| Issue |
EPL
Volume 92, Number 2, October 2010
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 26001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/92/26001 | |
| Published online | 17 November 2010 | |
Intrinsic nanoscale phase separation in polymers
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington - Seattle, WA 98195-2600, USA
2
Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, NE 68588-0111, USA
Received:
29
August
2010
Accepted:
4
October
2010
Intrinsic nanoscale phase separation in polymers is demonstrated experimentally and theoretically for the first time. Dense stable nanodots with size ≈80 nm have been created over large areas in polymethylmethacrylate and poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) blend films, and a model is developed to show that the intrinsic nanoscale phase separation is related to the hydrogen bonding and size-dependent surface tension intimately.
PACS: 61.41.+e – Polymers, elastomers, and plastics / 61.25.hk – Polymer melts and blends / 77.80.-e – Ferroelectricity and antiferroelectricity
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