Structural changes in block copolymer solution under shear flow as determined by nonequilibrium molecular dynamics

Details Structural changes in block copolymer solution under shear flow as determined by nonequilibrium molecular dynamics Structural changes in block copolymer solution under shear flow as determined by nonequilibrium molecular dynamics

2003-10-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0310097v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

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A nonequilibrium molecular dynamics computer simulation on microsegregated solutions of symmetrical diblock copolymers is reported. As the polymer concentration increases, the system undergoes phase transitions in the following order: body centered cubic (BCC) micelles, hexagonal (HEX) cylinders, gyroid (GYR) bicontinuous networks, and lamellae (L), which are the same morphologies that have been reported for block copolymer melts. Structural classification is based on the patterns of the anisotropic static structure factor and characteristic 3-dimensional images. The systems in the BCC micellar ($\rho\sigma^{3}=0.3$) and HEX cylindrical ($\rho\sigma^{3}=0.4$) phases were then subjected to a steady planar shear flow. In weak shear flow, the segregated domains in both systems tend to rearrange into sliding parallel close-packed layers with their normal in the direction of the shear gradient. At higher shear rates both systems adopt a perpendicular lamellar structure with the normal along the neutral direction. A further increase in the shear rate results in a decrease in lamellar spacing without any further structural transitions. Two critical shear rate values that correspond to the demarcation of different structural behaviors were found.

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