[HTML][HTML] Block copolymer thin films

C Huang, Y Zhu, X Man - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Block copolymer (BCP) represents a special type of polymeric system where each of the
polymer chains is composed of two or more chemically distinct homopolymer blocks that are …

Incorporating fluctuations and dynamics in self-consistent field theories for polymer blends

M Müller, F Schmid - Advanced Computer Simulation Approaches for Soft …, 2005 - Springer
We review various methods to investigate the statics and the dynamics of collective
composition fluctuations in dense polymer mixtures within fluctuating-field approaches. The …

Broadly accessible self-consistent field theory for block polymer materials discovery

A Arora, J Qin, DC Morse, KT Delaney… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Self-consistent field theory (SCFT) is a powerful tool for the design and interpretation of
experiments on block polymer materials. In this Perspective, we lower the barrier to entry to …

[HTML][HTML] Formation of complex spherical packing phases in diblock copolymer/homopolymer blends

J Xie, AC Shi - Giant, 2021 - Elsevier
The formation and relative stability of spherical packing phases in binary blends composed
of AB-diblock copolymers and A-homopolymers are systematically studied using the self …

[HTML][HTML] Field theoretic approach for block polymer melts: SCFT and FTS

MW Matsen - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This perspective addresses the development of polymer field theory for predicting the
equilibrium phase behavior of block polymer melts. The approach is tailored to the high …

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 …

Numerical solution of polymer self-consistent field theory

HD Ceniceros, GH Fredrickson - Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, 2004 - SIAM
We propose efficient pseudospectral numerical schemes for solving the self-consistent,
mean-field equations for inhomogeneous polymers. In particular, we introduce a robust …

Fast and accurate SCFT calculations for periodic block-copolymer morphologies using the spectral method with Anderson mixing

MW Matsen - The European Physical Journal E, 2009 - Springer
We study the numerical efficiency of solving the self-consistent field theory (SCFT) for
periodic block-copolymer morphologies by combining the spectral method with Anderson …

Self-consistent field theory and its applications

MW Matsen - Soft Matter, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Self-consistent field theory (SCFT) has emerged as the “state of the art” for modeling the
equilibrium phase behavior of structured polymer melts and concentrated polymer solutions …

Emergence and stability of exotic “binary” HCP-type spherical phase in binary AB/AB blends

F Zhao, Q Dong, Q Li, M Liu, W Li - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Blending two different AB diblock copolymers provides a simple way to enlarge the volume
fraction of spherical domains and thus to stabilize various Frank–Kasper spherical phases …