Effects of the homopolymer molecular weight on a diblock copolymer in a 3D spherical confinement

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dc.contributor.authorLy, Dung Q.
dc.contributor.authorMakatsoris, Charalampos
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-15T17:38:59Z
dc.date.available2020-01-15T17:38:59Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-14
dc.description.abstractThe morphologies of a diblock copolymer spherically confined within a homopolymer were investigated by using the static self-consistent field theory method. A homogeneous A-B diblock copolymer sphere was surrounded by a homopolymer C. Upon changing the diblock volume fraction, homopolymer molecular weight and the interaction between the copolymer and its surrounding environment, different morphologies of the sphere were observed. Our calculations confirmed that when the homopolymer molecular weight was high a complete macrophase separation between the copolymer and the homopolymer was obtained. However, when the homopolymer molecular weight was low the homopolymer penetrated into the copolymer microdomains, diluting the diblock copolymer and reduced the interaction between the diblock copolymer segments and hence preventing them from segregating.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationLy DQ & Makatsoris C. Effects of the homopolymer molecular weight on a diblock copolymer in a 3D spherical confinement. BMC Chemistry, Volume 13, 2019, Article number 24en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2661-801X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13065-019-0541-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14929
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBMCen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.titleEffects of the homopolymer molecular weight on a diblock copolymer in a 3D spherical confinementen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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