화학공학소재연구정보센터
Langmuir, Vol.21, No.14, 6157-6160, 2005
Effect of density fluctuating supercritical carbon dioxide on polymer interfaces
We investigated an effect Of CO2 sorption on the compatibility of immiscible polystyrene (PS) and polybutadiene (PB) bilayers by using in situ neutron reflectivity. By labeling either polymer with deuterium, we found that the excess CO2 molecules were adsorbed to both top PS and bottom PB layers when the bilayers were exposed to CO2 at the narrow T and P regime near the critical point of pure CO2. Furthermore, we clarified that this excess sorption Of CO2 Molecules increased the interfacial width between the layers up to 100 A even near room temperature, while the interfacial width without CO2 exposure has been reported to be at most 40 A even at the highest temperature (T congruent to 175 degrees C).