Microphase separation and phase diagram of concentrated diblock copolyelectrolyte solutions studied by self-consistent field theory calculations in two-dimensional space

Macromolecules

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8261-8269

  Liu, Yi Xin ^a   Zhang, Hong Dong ^a   Tong, Chao Hui ^b   Yang, Yu Liang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN ARCHITECTURE; CHAIN MODELS; CHARGED POLYELECTROLYTES; COMPOSITION SPACE; CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; COUNTERIONS; DEGREE OF IONIZATION; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DIBLOCKS; FLORY-HUGGINS; HEXAGONAL PHASE; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; LAMELLAR PHASE; MEAN-FIELD LEVEL; MULTI-GRID ALGORITHMS; NET CHARGES; NEUTRAL POLYMERS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; NUMERICAL SCHEME; ORDERED STRUCTURES; OTHER STATISTICS; POISSON-BOLTZMANN EQUATIONS; POLYELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS; POLYMER SEGMENTS; REAL-SPACE; SELF-CONSISTENT-FIELD THEORY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPACES; WORM-LIKE CHAIN MODELS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MEAN FIELD THEORY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; POISSON EQUATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

MICROPHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 80054998083     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma2010266     Document Type: Article

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