Abstract
The effects of the alkyl group on the surface segregation of poly(n-alkyl methacrylate) end-capped with various numbers of units of 2-perfluorooctylethyl methacrylate (FMA) (PnAMA-ec-PFMA) were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, angle-resolved XPS analysis, contact angle measurements, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results show that with similar numbers of FMA units at the polymer chain end the extent of fluorine segregation (Q) increased with increasing the number of carbon atoms in the side n-alkyl chains of poly(n-alkyl methacrylate). The surface fluorine content within 5nm deep of the film of poly(n-octadecyl methacrylate) end-capped with one FMA unit (PODMA160-ec-PFMA1.0) was 208-fold higher than that of the bulk level. These observed differences in Q values were found due to the aggregate structure of the end-capped polymers in the solution, the flexibility, and the crystallinity of the n-alkyl side chains. When the nonfluorinated block was completely amorphous, the molecular aggregate structure of the end-capped polymers in the solution played an important role in the surface segregation of the fluorinated moieties on the resulting film. However, when the nonfluorinated block was crystalline, crystallinity would enhance greatly the segregation of the fluorinated moieties.
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