Structure analysis of a buried interface between organic and porous inorganic layers using spin‐contrast‐variation neutron reflectivity
This work demonstrates the advantage of spin‐contrast‐variation neutron reflectivity (NR) for the structure analysis of a buried interface in a bilayer film comprising organic and inorganic layers of acrylic urethane resin and methylated silica (MePDS), derived from methyl‐group‐substituted perhydro...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of applied crystallography 2022-10, Vol.55 (5), p.1147-1153 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This work demonstrates the advantage of spin‐contrast‐variation neutron reflectivity (NR) for the structure analysis of a buried interface in a bilayer film comprising organic and inorganic layers of acrylic urethane resin and methylated silica (MePDS), derived from methyl‐group‐substituted perhydropolysilazane. As the proton polarization PH changed from 0 to ±24%, the NR curve of the bilayer film varied significantly. These NR curves were not reproduced using global fitting with a standard bilayer model. The oscillation in the NR curve at PH = −24% was shifted slightly and non‐negligibly from the fitting curve using the best‐fit structure parameters for the curve at PH = 0%. It was found from the shift of the oscillation that the density of the MePDS layer decreased within several nanometres of the interface, but the resin did not permeate the low‐density MePDS layer.
Spin‐contrast‐variation neutron reflectivity can be used to obtain multiple reflectivity curves from a single sample and a single beam source. This advantage of the technique allowed a structural analysis of the interface in a bilayer film comprising layers of acrylic urethane resin and methylated‐perhydropolysilazane‐derived silica (MePDS). It is revealed that, although the MePDS layer has a higher porosity near the interface with the resin, the resin did not permeate the pore network. |
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ISSN: | 1600-5767 0021-8898 1600-5767 |
DOI: | 10.1107/S1600576722007506 |