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Block Copolymers Under Shear Flow

✍ Scribed by Igor Rychkov

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
985 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1344

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Abstract

Summary: Microphase separation transition in block copolymer melts and solutions in equilibrium and under shear flow is reviewed. The non‐equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) computer simulation methodology is presented in detail including the derivation of the SLLOD equations of motion, Gaussian thermostat, and operator‐splitting symplectic integrators. Results of our recent NEMD computer simulation studies of diblock copolymers in a selective solvent under shear flow are presented. Shear‐dependent structural, rheological, and microscopical properties are described. New phase transitions are discovered. The parallel‐perpendicular orientational transition in a weak‐strong flow is revealed. Theoretical approaches are reviewed including the Edwards Hamiltonian, Landau‐Ginzburg model, self‐consistent mean field theory, field‐theoretic simulation, as well as the time‐dependent Landau‐Ginzburg framework and its application to the studies of complex fluids.
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