Switching layer stability in a polymer bilayer by thickness variation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 26, 2007, Pages

  De Silva, J P ^a,d   Geoghegan, M ^a,b   Higgins, A M ^a,e   Krausch, G ^b,f   David, M O ^c,g   Reiter, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SURFACES ET INTERFACES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g INSERM U829 SABNP Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEWETTING; POLYMER BILAYERS; SWITCHING LAYER STABILITY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FILM PREPARATION; FILM THICKNESS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYSTYRENES;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 34547313675     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.267802     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. C. Wang, G. Krausch, and M. Geoghegan, Langmuir 17, 6269 (2001). LANGD5 0743-7463 10.1021/la010585q
2. M. Sferrazza, M. Heppenstall-Butler, R. Cubitt, D. Bucknall, J. Webster, and R.A.L. Jones, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5173 (1998). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5173
3. S. Qu, C.J. Clarke, K. Liu, M.H. Rafailovich, J. Sokolov, K.C. Phelan, and G. Krausch, Macromolecules 30, 3640 (1997). MAMOBX 0024-9297 10.1021/ma961297h
4. P. Lambooy, K.C. Phelan, O. Haugg, and G. Krausch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 1110 (1996). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.1110
5. Q. Pan, K.I. Winey, H.H. Hu, and R.J. Composto, Langmuir 13, 1758 (1997). LANGD5 0743-7463 10.1021/la960757x
6. M. Geoghegan and G. Krausch, Prog. Polym. Sci. 28, 261 (2003). PRPSB8 0079-6700 10.1016/S0079-6700(02)00080-1
7. A. Pototsky, M. Bestehorn, D. Merkt, and U. Thiele, Phys. Rev. E 70, 025201 (2004). PLEEE8 1063-651X 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.025201
8. A. Pototsky, M. Bestehorn, D. Merkt, and U. Thiele, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 224711 (2005). JCPSA6 0021-9606 10.1063/1.1927512
9. J.N. Israelachvili, Intermolecular and Surface Forces (Academic, London, 1992), 2nd ed.
10. K. Fuchs, C. Friedrich, and J. Weese, Macromolecules 29, 5893 (1996). MAMOBX 0024-9297 10.1021/ma951385m
11. T.G. Fox, and P.J. Flory, J. Phys. Colloid Chem. JPCCAI 0092-7023 55, 221 (1951). 10.1021/j150485a010
12. A. Vrij, Discuss. Faraday Soc. 42, 23 (1966). DFSOAW 0014-7664 10.1039/df9664200023
13. F. Brochard-Wyart, P. Martin, and C. Redon, Langmuir 9, 3682 (1993). LANGD5 0743-7463 10.1021/la00036a053
14. A. Martin, O. Rossier, A. Bugin, P. Auroy, and F. Brochard-Wyart, Eur. Phys. J. E 3, 337 (2000). EPJSFH 1292-8941 10.1007/s101890070004
15. G. Reiter, M. Hamieh, P. Damman, S. Sclavons, S. Gabriele, T. Vilmin, and E. Raphaël, Nat. Mater. 1476-1122 4, 754 (2005). 10.1038/nmat1484