Stabilizing New Morphologies by Blending Homopolymer with Block Copolymer

M. W. Matsen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 4225 – Published 22 May 1995
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Abstract

We examine weakly segregated blends of AB diblock copolymer and A 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 ( QPn3¯m and QIa3¯d) phases. We find highly swollen phases that we associate with spherical, cylindrical, and lamellar micellar regions, and with disordered struts.

  • Received 15 November 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.4225

©1995 American Physical Society

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M. W. Matsen

  • Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

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Vol. 74, Iss. 21 — 22 May 1995

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