Polymer Science Faculty Research

Title

Probing Polymer/Polymer Interfaces

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-12-2002

Abstract

Infrared-visible sum frequency generation spectroscopy (SFG) has been used to study the interface between poly(vinyl-N-octadecylcarbamate-co-vinyl acetate) (Comb) and deuterated or hydrogenated polystyrene (dPS or hPS) films. Strong methyl symmetric and Fermi resonance bands associated with the alkyl side chains of the Comb polymer are observed in the SFG spectra. In addition, for Comb/hPS spectra, symmetric and asymmetric vibration modes of phenyl groups are observed. The presence of asymmetric modes indicates the phenyl rings are tilted with respect to the interface normal.

Publication Title

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volume

124

Issue

27

First Page

7908

Last Page

7909

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