Small-angle neutron scattering studies on phase behavior of block copolymers

H. Hasegawa, N. Sakamoto, H. Takeno, H. Jinnai, T. Hashimoto, D. Schwahn, H. Frielinghaus, S. Janben, M. Imai, K. Mortensen

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Abstract

Miscibility and phase behavior of a deuterated polybutadiene-block-polyisoprene diblock copolymer (DPB-HPI) were investigated by means of small-angle neutron scattering as a function of temperature and pressure. This copolymer exhibited lower critical ordering transition-type phase behavior. In a wide temperature range below the order-disorder transition, the inverse scattered intensity maximum of the first-order peak linearly increases with the inverse absolute temperature, in agreement with the predictions of the mean-field theory. We found anomalously large pressure dependence of the spinodal temperature estimated from the temperature dependence of the susceptibility.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1307-1312
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Volume60
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1998 7th ISSP International Symposium Frontiers in Neutron Scattering Research (ISSP7) - Tokyo, Jpn
Duration: 1998 Nov 241998 Nov 27

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemistry(all)
  • Materials Science(all)
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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