Microphase separation of short wormlike diblock copolymers with a finite interaction range

• Published in: Soft matter Vol. 12; no. 8; pp. 2481 - 249
• Main Authors: Jiang, Ying, Zhang, Xinghua, Miao, Bing, Yan, Dadong, Chen, Jeff Z. Y
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Approximation; Copolymers; Formalism; Mathematical analysis; Melts; Molecular weight; Monomers; Transition points

We investigate several structural properties of low-molecular weight AB diblock copolymer melts, focusing on a number of features that substantially deviate from those of high-molecular weight copolymer melts. The study is based on the wormlike chain formalism aided by random phase approximation and...