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. 2019 Jan 7;12(1):167.
doi: 10.3390/ma12010167.

The Effect of the Isomeric Chlorine Substitutions on the Honeycomb-Patterned Films of Poly(x-chlorostyrene)s/Polystyrene Blends and Copolymers via Static Breath Figure Technique

Leire Ruiz-Rubio  1   2 , Leyre Pérez-Álvarez  3   4 , Julia Sanchez-Bodón  5 , Valeria Arrighi  6 , José Luis Vilas-Vilela  7   8
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The Effect of the Isomeric Chlorine Substitutions on the Honeycomb-Patterned Films of Poly(x-chlorostyrene)s/Polystyrene Blends and Copolymers via Static Breath Figure Technique

Leire Ruiz-Rubio et al. Materials (Basel). .

Abstract

Polymeric thin films patterned with honeycomb structures were prepared from poly(x-chlorostyrene) and statistical poly(x-chlorostyrene-co-styrene) copolymers by static breath figure method. Each polymeric sample was synthesized by free radical polymerization and its solution in tetrahydrofuran cast on glass wafers under 90% relative humidity (RH). The effect of the chorine substitution in the topography and conformational entropy was evaluated. The entropy of each sample was calculated by using Voronoi tessellation. The obtained results revealed that these materials could be a suitable toolbox to develop a honeycomb patterns with a wide range of pore sizes for a potential use in contact guidance induced culture.

Keywords: breath figures; conformational entropy; honeycomb; poly(x-chlorostyrene).

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Mechanism of breath figure formation.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A) Air flow or dynamic technique, and (B) solvent cast or static technique.
Figure 3
Figure 3
SEM images for (A) poly(styrene), (B) poly(2-chlorostyrene) (C) poly(3-chlorostyrene), and (D) poly(4-chlorostyrene). (Scale bar = 100 µm).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Voronoi tessellation for (A) poly(styrene), (B) poly(2-chlorostyrene) (C) poly(3-chlorostyrene), and (D) poly(4-chlorostyrene). (Orange = P4, Blue = P5, Green = P6, Purple = P7, Brown = P8).
Figure 5
Figure 5
SEM images for (A) poly(styrene), (B) poly(2-chlorostyrene-co-styrene), (C) poly(3-chlorostyrene-co-styrene), and (D) poly(4-chlorostyrene-co-styrene). (Scale bar = 100 µm).
Figure 6
Figure 6
Voronoi tessellation for (A) poly(styrene), (B) poly(2-chlorostyrene-co-styrene), (C) poly(3-chlorostyrene-co-styrene), and (D) poly(4-chlorostyrene-co-styrene). (Orange = P4, Blue = P5, Green = P6, Purple = P7, Brown = P8).
Figure 7
Figure 7
SEM images for (A) poly(styrene) and blends (90/10) (B) polystyrene/poly(2-chlorostyrene, (C) polystyrene/poly(3-chlorostyrene), and (D) polystyrene/poly(4-chlorostyrene). (Scale bar = 100 µm).
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