Polymer structure, homopolymer-blend thin films

Phase morphologies of immiscible binary homopolymer blends evolve from circular domains of one phase dispersed in the matrix of another through a bicontinuous domain structure to the inverse case of the former [106], When a blend is deposited in thin films, its morphology is also affected by interactions of the polymers constituting the blend with the film interfaces. 

This chapter summarizes the main aspects concerning the preparation of homopolymer and BC blends in thin films. Thin films of polymer blends have been found useful in many different applications not only in the preparation of novel devices, but also for the preparation of hierarchically structured surfaces, superhydrophobic surfaces or in electronics and optoelectronics, just to mention a few. 

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