Multiblock polymers: Panacea or Pandora's box?

FS Bates, MA Hillmyer, TP Lodge, CM Bates… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Advances in synthetic polymer chemistry have unleashed seemingly unlimited strategies for
producing block polymers with arbitrary numbers (n) and types (k) of unique sequences of …

Recent developments in fully fluctuating field-theoretic simulations of polymer melts and solutions

KT Delaney, GH Fredrickson - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We review the latest developments in computational methods for direct simulation of fully
fluctuating field theories of polymeric assemblies. In this context, we describe a newly …

σ phase formed in conformationally asymmetric AB-type block copolymers

N Xie, W Li, F Qiu, AC Shi - Acs Macro Letters, 2014 - ACS Publications
The stability of various spherical phases formed in conformationally asymmetric AB diblock
and architecture asymmetric AB m miktoarm block copolymers is investigated using self …

[HTML][HTML] Theory of polyelectrolyte complexation—Complex coacervates are self-coacervates

KT Delaney, GH Fredrickson - The Journal of chemical physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The complexation of mixtures of cationic and anionic polymers to produce complex-
coacervate phases is a subject of fundamental importance to colloid and polymer science as …

Inverse design of complex block copolymers for exotic self-assembled structures based on bayesian optimization

Q Dong, X Gong, K Yuan, Y Jiang, L Zhang… - ACS Macro …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Variable chain topologies of multiblock copolymers provide great opportunities for the
formation of numerous self-assembled nanostructures with promising potential applications …

Stabilizing the Frank-Kasper Phases via Binary Blends of AB Diblock Copolymers

M Liu, Y Qiang, W Li, F Qiu, AC Shi - ACS Macro Letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
The emergence of the complex Frank-Kasper phases from binary mixtures of AB diblock
copolymers is studied using the self-consistent field theory. The relative stability of different …

Improved numerical algorithm for exploring block copolymer mesophases

KØ Rasmussen, G Kalosakas - Journal of Polymer Science Part …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
We present an improved algorithm of the self‐consistent mean‐field implementation that has
been recently proposed for the calculation of block copolymer self‐assembly. Without …

Stabilizing phases of block copolymers with gigantic spheres via designed chain architectures

Y Qiang, W Li, AC Shi - ACS Macro Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
It is generally believed that the spherical domains self-assembled from AB-type block
copolymers are composed of the minority A blocks with a volume fraction of f A< 1/2 …

Hybrid particle-field simulations of polymer nanocomposites

SW Sides, BJ Kim, EJ Kramer, GH Fredrickson - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
We present a theoretical framework and computer simulation methodology for investigating
the equilibrium structure and properties of mesostructured polymeric fluids with embedded …

Macromolecular metallurgy of binary mesocrystals via designed multiblock terpolymers

N Xie, M Liu, H Deng, W Li, F Qiu… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Self-assembling block copolymers provide access to the fabrication of various ordered
phases. In particular, the ordered spherical phases can be used to engineer soft …