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@ARTICLE{Mineart:867570,
author = {Mineart, Kenneth P. and Ryan, Justin J. and Appavou,
Marie-Sousai and Lee, Byeongdu and Gradzielski, Michael and
Spontak, Richard J.},
title = {{S}elf-{A}ssembly of a {M}idblock-{S}ulfonated {P}entablock
{C}opolymer in {M}ixed {O}rganic {S}olvents: {A} {C}ombined
{SAXS} and {SANS} {A}nalysis},
journal = {Langmuir},
volume = {35},
number = {4},
issn = {1520-5827},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS Publ.},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-06193},
pages = {1032 - 1039},
year = {2019},
abstract = {Ionic, and specifically sulfonated, block copolymers are
continually gaining interest in the soft materials community
due to their unique suitability in various ion-exchange
applications such as fuel cells, organic photovoltaics, and
desalination membranes. One unresolved challenge inherent to
these materials is solvent templating, that is, the
translation of self-assembled solution structures into
nonequilibrium solid film morphologies. Recently, the use of
mixed polar/nonpolar organic solvents has been examined in
an effort to elucidate and control the solution
self-assembly of sulfonated block copolymers. The current
study sheds new light on micellar assemblies (i.e., those
with the sulfonated blocks comprising the micellar core) of
a midblock-sulfonated pentablock copolymer in polar/nonpolar
solvent mixtures by combining small-angle X-ray and
small-angle neutron scattering. Our scattering data reveal
that micelle size depends strongly on overall solvent
composition: micelle cores and coronae grow as the fraction
of nonpolar solvent is increased. Universal model fits
further indicate that an unexpectedly high fraction of the
micelle cores is occupied by polar solvent (60–80 vol
$\%)$ and that partitioning of the polar solvent into
micelle cores becomes more pronounced as its overall
quantity decreases. This solvent presence in the micelle
cores explains the simultaneous core/corona growth, which is
otherwise counterintuitive. Our findings provide a potential
pathway for the formation of solvent-templated films with
more interconnected morphologies due to the greatly solvated
micellar cores in solution, thereby enhancing the molecular,
ion, and electron-transport properties of the resultant
films.},
cin = {JCNS-FRM-II / JCNS-1 / MLZ},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-1-20110106 / I:(DE-588b)4597118-3},
pnm = {6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)
/ 6G15 - FRM II / MLZ (POF3-6G15)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G15},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)KWS2-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:30609374},
UT = {WOS:000457503500022},
doi = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03825},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/867570},
}