Polymer, Vol.35, No.8, 1580-1585, 1994
Novel, Ordered, Microphase-Separated Structure of the Blends of a Core Shell-Type Polymer Microsphere and Ab Diblock Copolymers with a Lamellar Morphology
Blending of a poly(4-vinylpyridine) core polystyrene shell polymer microsphere with lamellar poly(styrene-b-4-vinylpyridine) block copolymers gave novel, microphase-separated films which were examined in two dimensions using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The TEM results showed that the poly(styrene-h-4-vinylpyridine) block copolymer was arranged as a honeycomb-like bilayer around the ordered microspheres.