Thin films of poly(methyl methacrylate)/polystyrene (PMMA/PS 80/20 W/W) blend prepared on glass substrate by spin-coating from a cosolvent, chloroform were studied. The formation of regular Voronoi patterns was found ...Thin films of poly(methyl methacrylate)/polystyrene (PMMA/PS 80/20 W/W) blend prepared on glass substrate by spin-coating from a cosolvent, chloroform were studied. The formation of regular Voronoi patterns was found under phase contrast microscopy (PCM). It was observed that there were clear concave boundaries in the PCM images by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Although the sample was annealed at 220℃ more than 7 h, no changes of the Voronoi pattern occurred, implying that the phase separation structure in the Voronoi pattern was almost complete during spin-coating process. It was believed that the formation of this pattern was due to the convection during spin-coating procedure.展开更多
文摘Thin films of poly(methyl methacrylate)/polystyrene (PMMA/PS 80/20 W/W) blend prepared on glass substrate by spin-coating from a cosolvent, chloroform were studied. The formation of regular Voronoi patterns was found under phase contrast microscopy (PCM). It was observed that there were clear concave boundaries in the PCM images by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Although the sample was annealed at 220℃ more than 7 h, no changes of the Voronoi pattern occurred, implying that the phase separation structure in the Voronoi pattern was almost complete during spin-coating process. It was believed that the formation of this pattern was due to the convection during spin-coating procedure.
