Ordering and Reverse Ordering Mechanisms of Triblock Copolymers in the Presence of Solvent

Self-consistent field theory is used to study the self-assembly of a triblock copolymer melt. Two different external factors (temperature and solvent) are shown to affect the self-assembly. Either one or two-step self-assembly can be found as a function of temperature in the case of a neat triblock...

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Main Authors: Panagiotis Maniadis, Kim O. Rasmussen, Russell B. Thompson, Edward M. Kober
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-02-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/3/805/