High-Resolution Patterned Biobased Thin Films via Self-Assembled Carbohydrate Block Copolymers and Nanocellulose

Marie Gestranius, Issei Otsuka, Sami Halila, Daniel Hermida-Merino, Eduardo Solano, Redouane Borsali*, Tekla Tammelin*

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Abstract

The exploitation of the effortless self-assembly behavior of biomass-based bricks can be seen as a promising route toward the innovative architectures. Here, a straightforward approach is presented where carbohydrate-based diblock copolymer, polystyrene-block-maltoheptaose (PS-b-MH), is organized either on a rigid ultrathin film or on a flexible self-standing film of wood-derived cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs). During solvent annealing PS-b-MH deposited on relatively rough CNF film undergoes spontaneous rearrangement into high-resolution patterns with a diblock domain spacing of 10–15 nm. The ideal conditions the self-assembly require weak interactions between block copolymer and the substrate to increase the chain mobility and enable rearrangements. This is exactly how the system behaves. Adsorption studies of PS-b-MH on CNF surfaces reveal weak interactions, and the formed PS-b-MH layer is soft and mobile. Even the appearance of more challenging vertical orientation formed on smooth CNF substrates is tentatively evidenced by grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering and atomic force microscope indicating favorable surface interactions between CNF and PS-b-MH.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1901737
JournalAdvanced Materials Interfaces
Volume7
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2020
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work was partially supported by the CNRS and the European project “GreeNanoFilms” which has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 603519 and Carnot PolyNat Institute (ANR No. 16-CARN-025-01). The work was partially supported by Academy of Finland project CINERGY (ID 300367). This work was a part of the Academy of Finland's Flagship Programme under Project Nos. 318890 and 318891 (Competence Center for Materials Bioeconomy, FinnCERES).

Keywords

  • carbohydrate-based block copolymers
  • cellulose nanofibrils
  • green materials
  • self-assembly
  • thin films

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