Kinetic Pathway of the Bilayered-Micelle to Perforated-Lamellae Transition

Published

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Haonan Wang, M P. Nieh, Erik K. Hobbie, Charles J. Glinka, J Katsaras

Abstract

Near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy was used to meausre simultaneously the relaxation rates of polystyrene (PS) molecules at the free surface and in the bulk. The samples were uniaxially stretched and annealed at temperatures below the bulk glass transition temperature of PS. The surface and bulk chain relaxation was monitored by measuring the partial-electron and the fluorescence NEXAFS yields, respectively, both parallel and perpendicular to the stretching direction. The decay of the optical birefringence was also measured to provide an independent measure of the bulk relaxation. Relaxation of PS chains was found to occur significantly faster on the surface relative to the bulk. The magnitude of the surface glass transition temperature suppression over the bulk was estimated to be 18 degrees based on the difference in the relaxation rates of the surface and bulk and the temperature dependence of the rates.

Citation

Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics)

Volume

67

Issue

No. 6

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

Bicelle, Lameline, phase, transition kinetics

Citation

Wang, H. , Nieh, M. , Hobbie, E. , Glinka, C. and Katsaras, J. (2003), Kinetic Pathway of the Bilayered-Micelle to Perforated-Lamellae Transition, Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=852178 (Accessed October 13, 2025)