Kinetics of phase transitions in block copolymers

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 553-558

  Balsara, N P ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039253213     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(00)00012-7     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Leibler L. Theory of microphase separation in block copolymers. Macromolecules. 13:1980;1602-1617.
2. Semenov A.N. Microphase separation in diblock copolymer melts: ordering of micelles. Macromolecules. 22:1989;2849-2851.
3. Matsen M.W., Bates F.S. Unifying weak and strong segregation theories. Macromolecules. 29:1996;1091-1098.
4. Hajduk D.A., Harper P.E., Gruner S.M., Honeker C.C., Kim G., Thomas E.L., Fetters L.J. The gyroid: a new equilibrium morphology in weakly segregated diblock copolymers. Macromolecules. 27:1994;4063-4075.
5. Brazovskii S.A. Phase transition of an isotropic system to a nonuniform state. Sov. Phys.-JETP. 41:1975;85-89.
6. Fredrickson G.H., Helfand E. Fluctuation effects in the theory of microphase separation in block copolymers. J. Chem. Phys. 87:1987;697-705.
7. Fredrickson G.H., Binder K. Kinetics of metastable states in block copolymer melts. J. Chem. Phys. 91:1989;7265-7275.
8. Goveas J.L., Milner S.T. Dynamics of the lamellar-cylindrical transition in weakly segregated diblock copolymer melts. Macromolecules. 30:1997;2605-2612.
9. Qi S., Wang Z.G. Weakly segregated block copolymers: anisotropic fluctuations and kinetics of order-order and order-disorder transition. Polymers. 39:1998;4639-4648.
10. Laradji M., Shi A.C., Noolandi J., Desai R.C. Stability of ordered phases in diblock copolymer melts. Macromolecules. 30:1997;3242-3255.
11. Singh M.A., Harkless C.R., Nagler S.E., Shannon R.F., Ghosh S.S. Time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering study of ordering kinetics in diblock styrene-butadiene. Phys. Rev. B. 47:1993;8425-8435.
12. Sakamoto N., Hashimoto T. Ordering dynamics of a symmetric polystyrene-block-polyisoprene. 1. Ordering mechanism from the disordered state. Macromolecules. 31:1998;3292-3302.
13. Balsara N.P., Garetz B.A., Chang M.Y., Dai H.J., Newstein M.C., Goveas J.L., Krishnamoorti R., Rai S. Identification of the molecular parameters that govern ordering kinetics in a block copolymer melt. Macromolecules. 31:1998;5309-5315.
14. Hajduk D.A., Ho R.M., Hillmyer M.A., Bates F.S., Almdal K. Transition mechanisms for complex ordered phases in block copolymer melts. J. Phys. Chem. B. 102:1998;1356-1363.
15. Ryu C.Y., Vigild M.E., Lodge T.P. Fluctuations with cubic symmetry in a hexagonal copolymer microstructure. Phys. Rev. Lett. 81:1998;5354-5357.
16. Hajduk D.A., Tepe T., Takenouchi H., Tirrell M., Bates F.S., Almdal K., Mortensen K. Shear-induced ordering kinetics of a triblock copolymer melt. J. Chem. Phys. 108:1998;326-333.
17. Balsara N.P., Garetz B.A., Newstein M.C., Bauer B.J., Prosa T.J. Evolution of microstructure in the liquid and crystal directions in a quenched block copolymer melt. Macromolecules. 31:1998;7668-7675.