Microphase separation in polyelectrolytic diblock copolymer melt: Weak segregation limit
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Microphase separation in polyelectrolytic diblock copolymer melt: weak segregation limit.
The authors present a generalized theory of microphase separation for charged-neutral diblock copolymer melt. The stability limit of the disordered phase for salt-free melt has been calculated using random phase approximation (RPA) and self-consistent-field theory (SCFT). Explicit analytical free energy expressions for different classical ordered microstructures (lamellar, cylinder, and sphere)...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Chemical Physics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0021-9606,1089-7690
DOI: 10.1063/1.2737049