Continuous polydispersity in a self-consistent field theory for diblock copolymers

SW Sides, GH Fredrickson - The Journal of chemical physics, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
An efficient algorithm is presented for numerically evaluating a self-consistent field theoretic
(SCFT) model of an AB diblock copolymer that incorporates continuous polydispersity in one …

Supramolecular diblock copolymers: a field-theoretic model and mean-field solution

EH Feng, WB Lee, GH Fredrickson - Macromolecules, 2007 - ACS Publications
We consider a supramolecular diblock copolymer melt in which two homopolymers of
different species can reversibly bond at terminal binding sites to form a diblock copolymer …

New fast SCFT algorithm applied to binary diblock copolymer/homopolymer blends

MW Matsen - Macromolecules, 2003 - ACS Publications
We present an efficient strategy for mapping out the classical phase behavior of block
copolymer systems using self-consistent-field theory. With our new algorithm, the complete …

Effect of large degrees of polydispersity on strongly segregated block copolymers

MW Matsen - The European Physical Journal E, 2006 - Springer
We investigate the effect of polydispersity on the lamellar phase of a diblock copolymer melt
using self-consistent field theory (SCFT). A previous SCFT calculation predicted that …

Immiscibility of large and small symmetric diblock copolymers

MW Matsen - The Journal of chemical physics, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
We examine binary mixtures of large and small symmetric AB diblock copolymers using self‐
consistent field theory. In accord with experiment, we find that when the ratio of their …

Parallel algorithm for numerical self-consistent field theory simulations of block copolymer structure

SW Sides, GH Fredrickson - Polymer, 2003 - Elsevier
An efficient algorithm is presented for numerically evaluating a self-consistent field theoretic
(SCFT) model of block copolymer structure. This algorithm is implemented on a distributed …

Morphology and phase diagram of complex block copolymers:   linear triblock copolymers

P Tang, F Qiu, H Zhang, Y Yang - Physical Review E, 2004 - APS
Using a real space implementation of the self-consistent field theory for the polymeric
system, we explore microphases of ABC linear triblock copolymers. For the sake of …

Self-consistent field theory for melts of low-molecular-weight diblock copolymer

MW Matsen - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
This paper applies self-consistent field theory (SCFT) to discrete polymer chains consisting
of a finite number of beads, N, joined together by freely jointed bonds of arbitrary potential, b …

Self-Consistent Field Theory of Ordered Block Copolymer Blends. 1.(AB). alpha./(AB). beta. Blends

RJ Spontak - Macromolecules, 1994 - ACS Publications
Numerous theoretical efforts have been developed to identify molecular-morphological
relationships in ordered AB diblock copolymers, but relatively few studies have sought to …

Limitations of the dilution approximation for concentrated block copolymer/solvent mixtures

JR Naughton, MW Matsen - Macromolecules, 2002 - ACS Publications
Experimental control of block copolymer segregation is ideally achieved by varying
temperature, but in practice, the range of segregation is very restricted. A far greater range …