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@ARTICLE{Willner:11980,
author = {Willner, L. and Lund, R. and Monkenbusch, M. and Holderer,
O. and Colmenero, J. and Richter, D.},
title = {{P}olymer dynamics under soft confinement in a
self-assembled system},
journal = {Soft matter},
volume = {6},
issn = {1744-683X},
address = {Cambridge},
publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)},
reportid = {PreJuSER-11980},
pages = {1559 - 1570},
year = {2010},
note = {The authors acknowledge the SoftComp Network of Excellence
(NoE) program for support. The Basque Country Government
(IT-436-07) and the Spanish Ministry of Education and
Science (MAT 2007-63681) Consolider/Spanish Ministry of
Education and Science are also gratefully acknowledged. We
are also thankful to Dr Angel Moreno for many stimulating
discussions and Dr Aurel Radulescu and Dr Marie-Sousai
Appavou for assistance during the SANS experiments.},
abstract = {Block copolymers that self-assemble into nano-structured
melts provide an interesting template for soft confinement.
An important question that arises is how the chain dynamics
is affected in such self-assembled systems. Here we consider
a system composed of poly(isoprene)-b-poly(dimethyl
siloxane) (PI6-PDMS30, where the numbers indicate the
molecular weight in kg mole(-1)) having a large asymmetry
where the minor PI component block constitutes $19\%$ of the
total molecular weight. As shown by small angle neutron
scattering (SANS), the system forms hexagonally ordered
cylindrical structures composed of a PI phase (with a
cylinder radius of about 6.4 nm) in a continuous PDMS
matrix. Here we demonstrate using neutron spin-echo
spectroscopy and careful H/D contrast matching schemes how
the dynamics of single polymer chains (single chain
contrast) and the interfacial dynamics of the domains can be
resolved independently. This is achieved in the former
"single chain contrast'' case by matching out the net domain
scattering leaving only the intra chain coherent structure
factor visible. In the latter "bulk contrast'' case, the
protonated (h) PI and deuterated (d) PDMS domains are
visible and most of the contrast comes from the small
interfacial layer where h-PI/d-PDMS segments are intermixed
and give rise to a significant contrast by which the
fluctuations can be observed. Combining the results from the
two contrast conditions, we show that the dynamics can be
consistently described in terms of Rouse motion modified by
the surface fluctuation and laterally restricted to 2D
surface diffusion. Surprisingly, the fluctuations of the
interface significantly contribute to the dynamics and the
interfacial tension drives the fluctuations of a sizeable
portion of the polymer chains while the dynamics is similar
to Rouse motion.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {IFF-4 / IFF-5 / Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS
(JCNS) ; JCNS},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB784 / I:(DE-Juel1)VDB785 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-20121112},
pnm = {BioSoft: Makromolekulare Systeme und biologische
Informationsverarbeitung / Großgeräte für die Forschung
mit Photonen, Neutronen und Ionen (PNI)},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK505 / G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK415},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)J-NSE-20140101 / EXP:(DE-MLZ)KWS2-20140101},
shelfmark = {Chemistry, Physical / Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
/ Physics, Multidisciplinary / Polymer Science},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000275947800026},
doi = {10.1039/b922649d},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/11980},
}