Block copolymer ordering in cylindrical capacitors

U. Welling; M. Müller; H. Shalev; Y. Tsori

doi:10.1021/ma4021888

Block copolymer ordering in cylindrical capacitors

U. Welling
, M. Müller
, H. Shalev
, Y. Tsori

Department of Chemical Engineering

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We investigate the morphologies of block copolymers confined in the region between two concentric and charged cylinders. The relative stability of a concentric lamellar phase compared to one where the lamellae are oriented in the radial direction is determined from the competition between long-range elastic and electrostatic forces. We find in weak and strong segregation and by single-chain-in-mean-field simulations that under sufficiently strong voltage difference there is a phase transition from concentric to radial lamellae containing defects. Above a threshold voltage the block copolymer melt develops an interfacial instability at a finite wavelength.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1850-1864
Number of pages	15
Journal	Macromolecules
Volume	47
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ma4021888
State	Published - 11 Mar 2014

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Organic Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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