The sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) of inorganic materials in nanostructured block copolymer templates has rapidly progressed in the last few years to develop functional nanomaterials with controllable properties. To assist this rapid evolution, expanding the capabilities of nondestructive methods for quantitative characterization of the materials properties is required. In this paper, we characterize the SIS process on three model polymers with different infiltration profiles through ex situ quantification by reference-free grazing incidence X-ray fluorescence. More qualitative depth distribution results were validated by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning transmission electron microscopy combined with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.

Developing Quantitative Nondestructive Characterization of Nanomaterials: A Case Study on Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Block Copolymers / Cara, Eleonora; Hönicke, Philipp; Kayser, Yves; Lindner, Jörg K. N.; Castellino, Micaela; Murataj, Irdi; Porro, Samuele; Angelini, Angelo; De Leo, Natascia; Pirri, Candido; Beckhoff, Burkhard; Boarino, Luca; FERRARESE LUPI, Federico. - In: ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS. - ISSN 2637-6105. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:3(2023), pp. 2079-2087. [10.1021/acsapm.2c02094]

Developing Quantitative Nondestructive Characterization of Nanomaterials: A Case Study on Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Block Copolymers

Eleonora Cara;Micaela Castellino;Irdi Murataj;Samuele Porro;Angelo Angelini;Candido Fabrizio Pirri;Luca Boarino;Federico Ferrarese Lupi
2023

Abstract

The sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) of inorganic materials in nanostructured block copolymer templates has rapidly progressed in the last few years to develop functional nanomaterials with controllable properties. To assist this rapid evolution, expanding the capabilities of nondestructive methods for quantitative characterization of the materials properties is required. In this paper, we characterize the SIS process on three model polymers with different infiltration profiles through ex situ quantification by reference-free grazing incidence X-ray fluorescence. More qualitative depth distribution results were validated by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning transmission electron microscopy combined with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.
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