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Large scale three dimensional simulations of hybrid block copolymer/nanoparticle systems

Diaz, Javier  
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Pinna, Marco
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Zvelindovsky, Andrei V.
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December 7, 2019
Soft Matter

Block copolymer melts self-assemble in the bulk into a variety of nanostructures, making them perfect candidates to template the position of nanoparticles. The morphological changes of block copolymers are studied in the presence of a considerable filling fraction of colloids. Furthermore, colloids can be found to assemble into ordered hexagonally close-packed structures in a defined number of layers when softly confined within the phase-separated block copolymer. A high concentration of interface-compatible nanoparticles leads to complex long-lived block copolymer morphologies depending on the polymeric composition. Macrophase separation between the colloids and the block copolymer can be induced if colloids are unsolvable within the matrix. This leads to the formation of ellipsoid-shaped polymer-rich domains elongated along the direction perpendicular to the interface between block copolymer domains.

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DOI
10.1039/c9sm01760g
Web of Science ID

WOS:000502302700013

Author(s)
Diaz, Javier  
Pinna, Marco
Zvelindovsky, Andrei V.
Pagonabarraga, Ignacio  
Date Issued

2019-12-07

Published in
Soft Matter
Volume

15

Issue

45

Start page

9325

End page

9335

Subjects

Chemistry, Physical

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Physics, Multidisciplinary

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Polymer Science

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Chemistry

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Materials Science

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Physics

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Polymer Science

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cell-dynamics simulations

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diblock copolymers

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phase-behavior

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thin-films

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nanoparticle mixtures

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morphology

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separation

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nucleation

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location

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blends

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/164230
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