화학공학소재연구정보센터
Macromolecules, Vol.28, No.5, 1635-1642, 1995
Surface-Composition of a Series of Dimethylsiloxane Urea Urethane Segmented Copolymers Studied by Electron-Spectroscopy for Chemical-Analysis
Surface composition of a series of segmented poly(siloxane-urea-urethane)s have been determined by angle- and energy-dependent ESCA. The polymers are based on aminopropyl end-capped dimethylsiloxane oligomers, isophorone diisocyanate, and 1,4-benzenedimethanol. Effects of segmental length and annealing on the surface composition were investigated. It was found that when the average molecular weight of the siloxane segments reaches 27K, the topmost surface region (within 18 Angstrom of the free surface) of a film cast from tetrahydrofuran solution is nearly pure siloxane phase. To achieve a comparable degree of surface phase concentration in films of copolymers with a siloxane segmental molecular weight of 10K, annealing at 120 degrees C for 15 min was required. Depth profiles based an these data showed that in as-cast films a siloxane deficient (hard-block enriched) phase several nanometers thick occurs beneath the siloxane surface layer. Annealing increases the thickness of both the siloxane-enriched and the siloxane-deficient regions.