Conformational asymmetry and quasicrystal approximants in linear diblock copolymers

MW Schulze, RM Lewis III, JH Lettow, RJ Hickey… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
Physical review letters, 2017APS
Small angle x-ray scattering experiments on three model low molar mass diblock copolymer
systems containing minority polylactide and majority hydrocarbon blocks demonstrate that
conformational asymmetry stabilizes the Frank-Kasper σ phase. Differences in block
flexibility compete with space filling at constant density inducing the formation of polyhedral
shaped particles that assemble into this low symmetry ordered state with local tetrahedral
coordination. These results confirm predictions from self-consistent field theory that establish …
Small angle x-ray scattering experiments on three model low molar mass diblock copolymer systems containing minority polylactide and majority hydrocarbon blocks demonstrate that conformational asymmetry stabilizes the Frank-Kasper phase. Differences in block flexibility compete with space filling at constant density inducing the formation of polyhedral shaped particles that assemble into this low symmetry ordered state with local tetrahedral coordination. These results confirm predictions from self-consistent field theory that establish the origins of symmetry breaking in the ordering of block polymer melts subjected to compositional and conformational asymmetry.
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