Polymer Bulletin, Vol.39, No.3, 361-368, 1997
Transition-Metal Complex-Induced Morphology Change in an ABC-Triblock Copolymer
The short 1,2-polybutadiene center block of the ternary polystyrene-block-polybutadiene-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) S45B6M49225-triblock copolymer (subscripts indicating the weight fractions and the superscript indicating the total molecular weight in kg/mol) has been selectively modified by complexation with metal complexes of two different transition metals, namely Pd and Fe. These modifications cause significant variations in the microphase morphology. The original ls-morphology (spheres at lamellar interphase) belonging to the lamellar class changes via a cocontinuous morphology in the case of the Pd-complex to a morphology belonging to the cylindrical class for the Fe-complex.
Keywords:SEMICONDUCTOR-POLYMER COMPOSITES;SEPARATED DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS;BLOCK-COPOLYMERS;SIZE CONTROL;NANOPARTICLES;METHACRYLATE);NANOCLUSTERS;PARTICLES;MICELLES;IONOMERS