Stabilizing New Morphologies by Blending Homopolymer with Block Copolymer
- 22 May 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 74 (21) , 4225-4228
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.74.4225
Abstract
We examine weakly segregated blends of diblock copolymer and homopolymer using self-consistent field theory. The addition of homopolymer to a diblock melt is found to stabilize new ordered morphologies: close-packed spheres, hexagonally perforated lamellae, and bicontinuous cubic ( and ) phases. We find highly swollen phases that we associate with spherical, cylindrical, and lamellar micellar regions, and with disordered struts.
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