Nanoparticle-regulated phase behavior of ordered block copolymers
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Date
2008-06-30
Authors
Thompson, R.B.
Gaines, Michelle K.
Smith, Steven D.
Samseth, Jon
Bockstaller, Michael R.
Rasmussen, Kim
Spontak, Richard J.
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RSC publishing
Abstract
Although block copolymer motifs have received considerable
attention as supramolecular templates for inorganic nanoparticles,
experimental observations of a nanostructured diblock copolymer
containing inorganic nanoparticles—supported by theoretical trends
predicted from a hybrid self-consistent field/density functional
theory—confirm that nanoparticle size and selectivity can likewise
stabilize the copolymer nanostructure by increasing its order–
disorder transition temperature.
Description
This document is the accepted manuscript version of a published article. Published by The Royal Society of Chemistry in the journal "Soft Matter" issue 8, DOI: 10.1039/b805540h
Keywords
block copolymers, self-consistent field theory, density functional theory