Analytical Weak-Segregation Theory of Bicontinuous Phases in Diblock Copolymers
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We compute phase diagrams for diblock copolymers in the mean-field weaksegregation regime as a function of the fraction f of A-monomers and the repulsive interaction XN. We include the ordered bicontinuous double-diamond (OBDD) phase [space
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