Interfaces of Modulated Phases
- 11 August 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 79 (6) , 1058-1061
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.79.1058
Abstract
Numerically minimizing a continuous free-energy functional which yields several modulated phases, we obtain the order-parameter profiles and interfacial free energies of symmetric and nonsymmetric tilt boundaries within the lamellar phase, and of interfaces between coexisting lamellar, hexagonal, and disordered phases. Our findings agree well with chevron, omega, and T-junction tilt-boundary morphologies observed in diblock copolymers and magnetic garnet films.Keywords
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