Order and phase behavior of a cylinder forming diblock copolymers and nano-particles mixture in confinement: A molecular dynamics study

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 329-339

  Shagolsem, Lenin S ^a   Sommer, Jens Uwe ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

diblock copolymers; molecular dynamics; nanoparticles; phase behavior; thin films

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; COARSE GRAINED MODELS; COPOLYMER FILMS; FILM SURFACES; HARD WALLS; LENNARD JONES; MEAN FIELD MODELS; MICRO-PHASE; NON-MONOTONIC DEPENDENCE; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DROPS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

EID: 79959835837     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: 15213919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.201000095     Document Type: Article

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