Tuning polymer-surface chemistries and interfacial interactions with UV irradiated polystyrene chains to control domain orientations in thin films of PS-b-PMMA

Ya Sen Sun, Ching Tun Wang, Jiun You Liou

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Abstract

We demonstrate a simple, rapid, cost-effective and robust approach to modify the surface of a solid substrate, based on a UV-irradiated film of a general plastic polymer. Thin films of homopolymer polystyrene (PS) of controlled thickness were spin-coated on diverse metal, semiconductor and polymeric surfaces. Specific surface chemistry was tuned with UV irradiation in air (UVIA); interactions at the PS/substrate interface were enhanced with UV irradiation in nitrogen (UVIN). Oxidized and cross-linked PS served as a neutral surface on various metal, quartz, semiconductor and polymeric substrates to induce perpendicularly oriented cylinders or lamellae in a self-assembled block copolymer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2923-2931
Number of pages9
JournalSoft Matter
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

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