Thin films, blends containing block copolymers

This chapter is organized as follows. Section 6.2 is concerned with experiments on binary block copolymer/homopolymer blends, Section 6.3 deals with experiments on ternary blends containing a block copolymer and in Section 6.4 experiments on binary blends of block copolymers are reviewed. Theory for the corresponding type of blend is discussed successively in Sections 6.5 to 6.7. Finally, experiments on thin films are discussed in Section 6.8, separately from the work on bulk blends, in keeping with earlier chapters. 

Thin films of blends containing two block copolymers... 

Fig. 1.6 TEM image of a RuOi-stained thin film of an atactic polystyrene/Kraton G1650 blend containing 30% polystyrene. Swollen styrene domains can be seen within the block copolymer together with the larger phase-separated polystyrene regions.

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