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The influence of selective solvents on the transition behavior of poly(styrene-b-monomethoxydiethylenglycol-acrylate-b-styrene) thick films

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Thick poly(styrene-b-monomethoxydiethylenglycol-acrylate-b-styrene) [P(S-b-MDEGA-b-S)] films (thickness 5 μm) are prepared from different solvents on flexible substrates by solution casting and investigated with small-angle X-ray scattering. As the solvents are either PS- or PMDEGA-selective, micelles with different core-shell micellar structures are formed. In PMDEGA-selective solvents, the PS block is the core and PMDEGA is the shell, whereas in PS-selective solvents, the order is reversed. After exposing the films to liquid D2O, the micellar structure inside the films prepared from PMDEGA-selective solvents remains unchanged and only the PMDEGA (shell part) swells. On the contrary, in the films prepared from PS-selective solvents, the micelles revert the core and the shell. This reversal causes more entanglements of the PMDEGA chains between the micelles. Moreover, the thermal collapse transition of the PMDEGA block in liquid D2O is significantly broadened. Irrespective of the solvent used for film preparation, the swollen PMDEGA shell does not show a prominent shrinkage when passing the phase transition, and the transition process occurs via compaction. The collapsed micelles have a tendency to densely pack above the transition temperature.

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Financial support by DFG in the priority program SPP1259 (PA771/4, LA611/7, and MU1487/8) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Physik-Department, Lehrstuhl für Funktionelle Materialien/Fachgebiet Physik Weicher Materie, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, Garching, 85748, Germany

    Q. Zhong, J. Adelsberger, M. A. Niedermeier, A. Golosova, C. M. Papadakis & P. Müller-Buschbaum

  2. Institut für Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, Potsdam-Golm, 14476, Germany

    A. M. Bivigou-Koumba & A. Laschewsky

  3. HASYLAB at DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg, 22603, Germany

    S. S. Funari

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Zhong, Q., Adelsberger, J., Niedermeier, M.A. et al. The influence of selective solvents on the transition behavior of poly(styrene-b-monomethoxydiethylenglycol-acrylate-b-styrene) thick films. Colloid Polym Sci 291, 1439–1451 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-012-2879-4

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