Creator:

Dzięcielski M.

Contributor:

Lewandowski K., Banaszak M.

Tags:

diblock copolymer melt, phase diagram, order-disorder transition, order-order transition, field theory

Abstract:

Using the self-consistent field theory (SCFT) in spherical unit cells of various dimensionalities, D, a phase diagram of a diblock, A-b-B, is calculated in 5 dimensional space, d = 5. This is an extension of a previuos work for d = 4. The phase diagram is parameterized by the chain composition, f, and incompatibility between A and B, quantified by the product χN. We predict 5 stable nanophases: layers, cylinders, 3D spherical cells, 4D spherical cells, and 5D spherical cells. In the strong segregation limit, that is for large χN, the order-order transition compositions are determined by the strong segregation theory (SST) in its simplest form. While the predictions of the SST theory are close to the corresponding SCFT extrapolations for d = 4, the extrapolations for d = 5 significantly differ from them. We find that the S5 nanophase is stable in a narrow strip between the ordered S4 nanophase and the disordered phase. The calculated order-disorder transition lines depend weakly on d, as expected

Place of publishing:

Poznań

Publisher:

OWN

Date accepted:

2011.12.09

Date submitted:

2011.11.21

Date issued:

2011.12.15

Date modified:

2011.12.05

Resource Type:

artykuł

Format:

application/pdf

Language:

eng