Phase behaviors in binary mixture of diblock copolymers confined between two parallel walls

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/2/026401

Abstract The phase behaviors in binary mixture of diblock copolymers confined between two parallel walls are investigated by using cell dynamics simulation of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory. The morphological dependence of the wall-block interaction and the distance between walls (confinement degree) has been systematically studied, and the effect of repulsive interactions between different monomers is also discussed. It is interesting that multiple novel morphological transitions are observed by changing these factors, and various multilayered sandwich structures are formed in the mixture. Furthermore, the parametric dependence and physical reasons for the microdomain growth and orientational order transitions are discussed. From the simulation, we find that much richer morphologies can form in binary mixture of diblock copolymers than those in pure diblock copolymer. Our results provide an insight into the phase behaviors under parallel walls confinement and may provide guidance for experimentalists. This model system can also give a simple way to realize orientational order transition in soft materials through confinement.

Keywords: parallel walls confinement phase behavior binary mixture diblock copolymer

Received: 14 April 2012
Revised: 09 July 2012
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PACS:	64.75.Va	(Phase separation and segregation in polymer blends/polymeric solutions)
	64.75.Yz	(Self-assembly)
	83.80.Uv	(Block copolymers)
	83.80.Tc	(Polymer blends)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20673070); the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (Grant No. 2007011055); the Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of Shanxi Province (Grant No. 2011021008-1); and the Soft Science Program of Shanxi Province (Grant No. 2011041015-01).

Corresponding Authors: Zhang Jin-Jun
E-mail: zhangjinjun@sxnu.edu.cn

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Pan Jun-Xing (潘俊星), Zhang Jin-Jun (张进军), Wang Bao-Feng (王宝凤), Wu Hai-Shun (武海顺), Sun Min-Na (孙敏娜 ) Phase behaviors in binary mixture of diblock copolymers confined between two parallel walls 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 026401

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