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Microdomain morphology of cylinder-forming diblock copolymers under spherical shell confinement

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The topic of self-assembly of cylinder-forming diblock copolymers (DBCPs) under spherical shell confinement in different surface fields is explored using real-space self-consistent field theory calculations (SCFT). Using this approach we observed various microstructures of cylinder-forming DBCPs at different confinement dimensions and surface fields. From detailed searching for the microdomain morphologies, an obvious conclusion is that the interactions between the confinement surface and the polymers have a great effect on the self-assembly. Most of the microstructures are unique and not reported in bulk or under planar and cylindrical confinements.

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  1. Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Ai-hua Chai

  2. Department of Physics, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325027, China

    Lin-xi Zhang  (章林溪)

  3. College of Mathematics, Physics and Information Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314000, China

    Ai-hua Chai

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20774066, 20974081 and 20934004), the Ph. D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No. 20090101110002) and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. Y4080098).

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Chai, Ah., Zhang, Lx. Microdomain morphology of cylinder-forming diblock copolymers under spherical shell confinement. Chin J Polym Sci 29, 684–691 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-011-1072-4

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