Surface Segregation in Blends of Polystyrene and Perfluorohexane Double End Capped Polystyrene Studied by Static SIMS, ISS, and XPS
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Abstract
The surface composition of styrene polymers capped at one or both ends by perfluoro groups has been determined by ISS, XPS, and static SIMS. The homopolymers, with Mn 29 000−59 000, have an excess of the perfluoro end groups at the surface that is inversely proportional to the chain length and is commensurate with one or both ends having perfluoro groups. In contrast, double perfluoro end capped homopolymers of Mn ∼9000 have only one of the perfluoro groups at the surface. In blends of perfluoro end capped styrene with hydrogen-terminated styrene, the fluorinated end cap causes the former to segregate to the surface. Nevertheless, the extents of segment segregation of single and double perfluoro end capped polymers of weights 29 000−59 000 are similar. For blends of perfluoro-capped polymer with Mn 9000 in styrene of Mn 30 000, the molecular weight and perfluoro end caps both strongly influence the segment segregation. The concentration of fluorine at the surface of all the blends may be estimated from the homopolymer XPS data and the blend monomer composition determined by static SIMS.
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