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Self-Consistent Field Theory of Multiply-Branched Block Copolymer Melts

arXiv:cond-mat/0501404 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.051801

Abstract

We present a numerical algorithm to evaluate the self-consistent field theory for melts composed of block copolymers with multiply-branched architecture. We present results for the case of branched copolymers with doubly-functional groups for multiple branching generations. We discuss the stability of the cubic phase of spherical micelles, the A15 phase, as a consequence of tendency of the AB interfaces to conform to the polyhedral environment of the Voronoi cell of the micelle lattice.

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