Macromolecules, Vol.33, No.6, 2055-2059, 2000
Topographical structure of solid films of poly[5,7-dodecadiyne-1,12-diolbis(4-butoxycarbonyl methylurethane)] self-assembled from its lyotropic liquid crystal phase
The topographical structures of film samples of a soluble polydiacetylene-poly[5,7dodecadiyne-1,12-diolbis(4-butoxycarbonylmethylurethane)]-solidified from its lyotropic liquid crystal phase were characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The observations reveal a structural feature of extended-chain lamellae of the film samples and furthermore a three-dimensional chain segregation with respect to molecular length in a layer thinner than 5 nm on the free surface of the samples.