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Electron Microscopy of Polymers pp 373–392Cite as

Block Copolymers

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In block copolymers, there is enormous variety in terms of the type, size and arrangement of the different blocks due to microphase separation, and so electron microscopy and scanning force microscopy have been established as the most powerful analytical tools in block copolymer research. After an overview of the different configurations of block copolymers, some representative classes of diblock and triblock copolymers and block copolymer/homopolymer blends are discussed, with special emphasis placed on the application of electron microscopy to their structural characterisation at very small length scales. Three EM techniques are described that offer excellent opportunities to investigate deformation-induced local structural changes. As well as the usual deformation structures, such as shear bands and crazes, block copolymers with a lamellar block arrangements revealed the new mechanisms of thin layer yielding and chevron formation.

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(2008). Block Copolymers. In: Electron Microscopy of Polymers. Springer Laboratory. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36352-1_20

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