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  • Title: Solvent effects on isotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) crystallization and syndiotactic poly(methacrylic acid) incorporation in porous thin films prepared by stepwise stereocomplex assembly.
    Author: Kamei D, Ajiro H, Hongo C, Akashi M.
    Journal: Langmuir; 2009 Jan 06; 25(1):280-5. PubMed ID: 19032025.
    Abstract:
    The solvent effects on the crystallization of porous isotactic (it) poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) thin films as well as the incorporation behavior of syndiotactic (st) poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA) into the porous films were investigated. The porous it-PMMA thin films were prepared by the extraction of st-PMAA from a stepwise layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly composed of it-PMMA and st-PMAA. The X-ray diffraction pattern of the it-PMMA thin films after immersion in acetonitrile/water (4/6, v/v) showed two characteristic peaks of a crystalline it-PMMA double-stranded helix (2theta = 9 degrees and 14 degrees , d = 0.96 and 0.62 nm). This suggested that acetonitrile promoted the crystallization of the thin films, because water is a nonsolvent for PMMA. The surface structural change of the it-PMMA films was also analyzed by atomic force microscopy. The it-PMMA conformation was maintained after crystallization as observed by infrared spectroscopy. The incorporation percentages of st-PMAA into the porous it-PMMA thin films under various solvent conditions were estimated using a quartz crystal microbalance. The incorporation of st-PMAA decreased as the it-PMMA films crystallized or with growing thickness of the porous it-PMMA films. This suggested that the polymer-polymer interactions and the entanglement of the it-PMMA chains played an important role. The incorporation was promoted as the acetonitrile content in the st-PMAA solution increased, indicating that it was necessary for st-PMAA incorporation to solvate it-PMMA.
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