Macromolecules, Vol.29, No.25, 8126-8131, 1996
Small-Angle X-Ray-Scattering and Dielectric-Relaxation Studies of the Order-Disorder Transition of Semidilute Solutions of Polystyrene-Block-Polyisoprene
The order-disorder transition (ODT) of semidilute solutions of polystyrene-block-polyisoprene in toluene was studied by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and dielectric relaxation. Both methods clearly revealed, for the first time for a semidilute solution, a sharp order-disorder transition at the same order-disorder transition temperature. The SAXS studies indicated that the ODT is the thermally induced first-order phase transition from the "non-mean-field disordered state" to an ordered state.
Keywords:SYMMETRICAL DIBLOCK COPOLYMER;DOMAIN-BOUNDARY STRUCTURE;NORMAL-MODE RELAXATION;MICROPHASE SEPARATION;PSEUDOBINARY APPROXIMATION;MOLECULAR-WEIGHT;LIGHT-SCATTERING;COMMON SOLVENT;FILMS CAST;POLYMERS