聚结(物理)
聚合物
单体
聚合
材料科学
成核
下降(电信)
冷凝
甲基丙烯酸酯
高分子化学
化学工程
纳米技术
化学物理
化学
热力学
有机化学
物理
计算机科学
复合材料
电信
天体生物学
工程类
作者
Jeremiah James,Rong Yang
出处
期刊:Organic materials
[Georg Thieme Verlag KG]
日期:2023-06-01
卷期号:5 (02): 148-157
被引量:2
标识
DOI:10.1055/s-0043-1761311
摘要
Size-controlled polymer nanodomes (PNDs) benefit a broad cross-section of existing and emerging technologies. Condensed droplet polymerization (CDP) is a vacuum-based synthesis technology that produces PNDs from monomer precursors in a single step. However, the effect of synthesis and processing conditions on the PND size distribution remains elusive. Towards size distribution control, we report the effect of substrate temperature, on which monomer droplets condense, on the size distribution of PNDs. We take a reductionist approach and operate the CDP under batch mode to match the conditions commonly used in condensation research. Notably, despite the rich knowledge base in dropwise condensation, the behavior of nonpolar liquids like a common monomer, i.e., 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), is not well understood. We bridge that gap by demonstrating that dropwise condensation of HEMA follows a two-stage growth process. Early-stage growth is dominated by drop nucleation and growth, giving rise to relatively uniform sizes with a lognormal distribution, whereas late-stage growth is dominated by the combined effect of drop coalescence and renucleation, leading to a bimodal size distribution. This new framework for understanding the PND size distribution enables an unprecedented population of PNDs. Their controlled size distribution has the potential to enable programmable properties for emergent materials.
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