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Two New Triply Periodic Bicontinuous Network Structures for Molten Block Copolymers

Two New Triply Periodic Bicontinuous Network Structures for Molten Block Copolymers Abstract The evolution of new triply periodic bicontinuous morphologies of molten diblock and triblock copolymers is theoretically studied in a mean-field level. The evolved mesophases are probed through characteristic peaks in the scattering functions and the real-space visualization. The ABC or AB copolymers at selected compositions and segregation levels exhibit holey network structures with \(Ia\bar 3d\) and \(I\bar 43d\) symmetries, where the channels are wholly connected with tetrapod units. The curvatures, surface areas, and genera g’s of their dividing surfaces are estimated by matching them to proper model surfaces. The obtained surface properties of the newly developed networks are discussed in comparison with those of the known bicontinuous networks such as double gyroids and double diamonds. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png "Macromolecular Research" Springer Journals

Two New Triply Periodic Bicontinuous Network Structures for Molten Block Copolymers

"Macromolecular Research" , Volume 26 (4): 8 – Apr 1, 2018

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Springer Journals
Copyright
2018 The Polymer Society of Korea and Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature
ISSN
1598-5032
eISSN
2092-7673
DOI
10.1007/s13233-018-6054-7
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Abstract

Abstract The evolution of new triply periodic bicontinuous morphologies of molten diblock and triblock copolymers is theoretically studied in a mean-field level. The evolved mesophases are probed through characteristic peaks in the scattering functions and the real-space visualization. The ABC or AB copolymers at selected compositions and segregation levels exhibit holey network structures with \(Ia\bar 3d\) and \(I\bar 43d\) symmetries, where the channels are wholly connected with tetrapod units. The curvatures, surface areas, and genera g’s of their dividing surfaces are estimated by matching them to proper model surfaces. The obtained surface properties of the newly developed networks are discussed in comparison with those of the known bicontinuous networks such as double gyroids and double diamonds.

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"Macromolecular Research"Springer Journals

Published: Apr 1, 2018

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