用红外纳米成像揭示了聚合物混合物内的结相互作用的空间变化
Wassie M Takele1, Terefe G Habteyes1
1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States.
Analytical chemistry
|October 15, 2024
概括
结合影响了聚合物混合物的混合性. 散射式扫描近场光学显微镜 (s-SNOM) 显示,聚乙烯酸/聚乙烯混合物中的结合不会产生完全均的薄膜,显示出明显的可混合和相隔域.
科学领域:
- 聚合物科学 聚合物科学
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 频谱学是一种光谱学.
背景情况:
- 结合是聚合物混合混合性和属性调节的关键.
- 在聚合物混合物中对结对相分离的影响的纳米尺度成像尚未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用s-SNOM在聚合物混合物中的键的空间变化进行调查.
- 探索结对聚乙酸 (PVAc) 和聚乙烯 (PVPh) 混合物的相分离行为的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用可调节量子级联激光器的散射式扫描近场光学显微镜 (s-SNOM).
- 在多波长的s-SNOM成像中,在四基中进行了螺旋涂层的PVAc/PVPh混合物.
- 将近场图像与地形数据进行比较.
主要成果:
- 鉴定出了不同的特征:一种键介导的可混合PVAc/PVPh混合物和一个相隔的PVAc域.
- 证明结合不一定会导致完全均的混合膜.
- 观察到与结合的域强烈粘附于Si表面,而自由的PVAc则垂直分离相位.
结论:
- s-SNOM是研究聚合物混合物的分子间相互作用的有效工具.
- 结合在聚合物混合物形态中的作用比以前假设的更复杂.
- 这些发现为控制聚合物混合物特性的纳米级相互作用提供了详细的见解.
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