Tilt grain boundaries in a diblock copolymer ordered nanocomposite lamellar phase
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2010-10-08
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Thompson, Russell B.
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Abstract
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. Structures consistent with experimental observations are found and theoretical evidence is provided in support of a hypothesis regarding the positioning of nanoparticles. Some particle distributions are predicted for situations not yet examined by experiment.
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The following article appeared in Journal of Chemical Physics 133 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org.proxy.lib.uwaterloo.ca/10.1063/1.3498784
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self-consistent field theory, diblock copolymer, density functional theory