Browsing Science (Faculty of) by Subject "self-consistent field theory"
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Particle Distributions in a Block Copolymer Nanocomposite
(American Chemical Society, 2008)Self-consistent-field theory is used to predict the center-of-mass distribution of spherical nanoparticles embedded in the lamellar phase of a diblock copolymer melt. The calculation is performed in the dilute limit, where ... -
Predicting nonpolymeric materials structure with real-space self-consistent field theory
(APS publishing, 2006-02-17)Polymer self-consistent field theory of the Edwards-Helfand kind is the state-of-the-art method for predicting the morphologies of block copolymer materials. The methodology of block copolymer self-consistent field theory ... -
Predicting the Mesophases of Copolymer-Nanoparticle Composites
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001)The interactions between mesophase-forming copolymers and nanoscopic par- ticles can lead to highly organized hybrid materials. The morphology of such composites depends not only on the characteristics of the copolymers, ... -
Predicting the phases of a two-dimensional hard-rod system with real-space self-consistent field theory
(APS publishing, 2006-10-16)Polymer self-consistent field theory numerical tools are applied to a two-dimensional hard-rod colloidal system. Rods are represented through an interaction site model density functional theory that is derived and expressed ... -
Self-assembly of a binary mixture of particles and diblock copolymers
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003)Using theoretical models, we undertake the first investigation into the synergy and rich phase behavior that emerges when binary particle mixtures are blended with microphase- separating copolymers. We isolate an example ... -
Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Nanoparticle-Coil “Tadpole” Macromolecules
(American Chemical Society, 2004)None. -
The self-assembly of particles with isotropic interactions: Using DNA coated colloids to create designer nanomaterials
(AIP publishing, 2014-04-03)Self-consistent field theory equations are presented that are suitable for use as a coarse-grained model for DNA coated colloids, polymer-grafted nanoparticles and other systems with approximately isotropic interactions. ... -
Tilt grain boundaries in a diblock copolymer ordered nanocomposite lamellar phase
(AIP publishing, 2010-10-08)A hybrid self-consistent field theory/density functional theory method is applied to predict tilt(kink) grain boundary structures between lamellar domains of a symmetric diblock copolymer with added spherical nanoparticles. ...