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Surface molecular motions of monodisperse proton-terminated polystyrene (PS-H), monocarboxyl-terminated PS (PSCOOH) and dicarboxyl-terminated PS (α,ω-PS(COOH)2) ultrathin films were investigated on the basis of lateral force microscopic (LFM) measurement at 293 K, as a function of number-average molecular weight, Mn, and chain end functionality. In the case of the PS-H thin films with Mn=19.7k and 40.4k spin-coated onto Si-wafer, the surface molecular motion was activated in a glass-rubber transition state at 293 K due to the excess free volume induced by a surface localization of chain end groups. Also, in the cases of the PSCOOH (Mn=9.7k, 45.9k) and the α,ω-PS(COOH)2 (Mn=12.0k, 51.7k) ultrathin films spin-coated onto Si-wafer and their annealed ones at 393 K for 8 h, the surface molecular motion was also enhanced even at room temperature due to a weak ionic interaction between Si-OH of substrate and -COOH end group. On the other hand, the PSCOOH (Mn=9.7k, 45.9k), and the α,ω-PS(COOH)2 (Mn=12.0k, 51.7k) spin-coated ultrathin films onto aminosilane-treated Si-wafer did not show any distinct activation of surface mobility owing to a specific interaction between NH2-group of aminosilane-treated Si-wafer and -COOH end group of PS, being independent of annealing temperature, Mn and functionality.
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Mounir, E., Takahara, A. & Kajiyama, T. Effect of Chain End Group–Substrate Interaction on Surface Molecular Motion of Polystyrene Ultrathin Films. Polym J 31, 550–556 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.31.550
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