Bridging and looping in multiblock copolymer melts
- 1 March 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 102 (9) , 3884-3887
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.468548
Abstract
We apply both self‐consistent‐field theory (SCFT) and strong‐segregation theory (SST) to the lamellar phase of a melt of linear multiblock copolymers. We present a new solution for the SST which now agrees with that obtained for the SCFT. Using both theories, we calculate the distribution of monomers from the center of blocks originating from a single interface, the lamellar spacing, and the fraction of blocks which bridge across lamellae.Keywords
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