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Substrate Roughness Speeds Up Segmental Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films

Substrate Roughness Speeds Up Segmental Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films

Anna Panagopoulou, Cristian Rodríguez-Tinoco, Ronald P White, Jane E G Lipson, Simone Napolitano

Phys Rev Lett. 2020 Jan 17;124(2):027802.

PMID: 32004047

Abstract:

We show that the segmental mobility of thin films of poly(4-chlorostyrene) prepared under nonequilibrium conditions gets enhanced in the proximity of rough substrates. This trend is in contrast to existing treatments of roughness which conclude it is a source of slower dynamics, and to measurements of thin films of poly(2-vinylpiridine), whose dynamics is roughness invariant. Our experimental evidence indicates the faster interfacial dynamics originate from a reduction in interfacial density, due to the noncomplete filling of substrate asperities. Importantly, our results agree with the same scaling that describes the density dependence of bulk materials, correlating segmental mobility to a term exponential in the specific volume, and with empirical relations linking an increase in glass transition temperature to larger interfacial energy.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP24991477	Poly(4-chlorostyrene)		24991-47-7	Price

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