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An x-ray scattering study of laterally modulated structures: the example of diblock copolymers

G Vignaud-+,++, A Gibaud++, J Wang§, S K Sinha§, J Daillant||, G Grübel-+ and Y Gallot

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A study of the specular and off-specular (diffuse) x-ray scattering of a diblock copolymer is presented. In the ordered state the surface of the diblock copolymer is covered with islands. It is shown that the periodicity in the ordered state in the direction normal to the surface in a specular scan differs from the periodicity in the same direction observed in an off-specular scan. This result is explained by an analytical calculation of the differential cross section. The introduction of the statistical properties of the island distribution allows a complete analytical calculation of the transverse scans yielding the determination of the mean distance between the islands and the average size of an island.


PACS

78.70.Ck X-ray scattering

68.35.B- Structure of clean surfaces (and surface reconstruction)

68.47.Mn Polymer surfaces

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Dates

Issue 9 (3 March 1997)

Received 4 September 1996



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