title: Chain segment order in polymer thin films on a nonadsorbing surface: A NMR study
abstract: The dynamics of polydimethylsiloxane chains confined between air and a solid, wettable, and nonadsorbing surface is investigated using deuterium NMR. Chain segments in such molten films undergo uniaxial reorientations around the normal to the surfaces. The influence of the film thickness proves this dynamic uniaxiality involves rapid segment diffusion between both surfaces which impose a high degree of planar orientation. This segmental ordering is observed over a thickness range which depends on the degree of chain entanglements.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS-UMR 8502), Universite Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France.
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rivillon
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Auroy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Deloche