A Geometric Theory of Diblock Copolymer Phases
arXiv:cond-mat/0304001 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.058304
Abstract
We analyze the energetics of sphere-like micellar phases in diblock copolymers in terms of well-studied, geometric quantities for their lattices. We argue that the A15 lattice with Pm3n symmetry should be favored as the blocks become more symmetric and corroborate this through a self-consistent field theory. Because phases with columnar or bicontinuous topologies intervene, the A15 phase, though metastable, is not an equilibrium phase of symmetric diblocks. We investigate the phase diagram of branched diblocks and find thatthe A15 phase is stable.
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