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A thermally induced transition from a body-centred to a face-centred cubic lattice in a diblock copolymer gel

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 A transition from a body-centred cubic structure at room temperature to a face-centred cubic structure at higher temperature has been observed in a solution of a poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxybutylene) diblock copolymer. The ordered micellar structures were confirmed using small-angle X-ray scattering by preparing oriented domains via steady shearing in a Couette cell. The effect of shear in generating highly oriented, twinned cubic domains is discussed.

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  1. School of Chemistry University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT United Kingdom, , , , , , GB

    I. W. Hamley & J. A. Pople

  2. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Boîte Postal 220 38042 Grenoble Cedex France, , , , , , FR

    O. Diat

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Received: 13 January 1998 Accepted: 22 January 1998

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Hamley, I., Pople, J. & Diat, O. A thermally induced transition from a body-centred to a face-centred cubic lattice in a diblock copolymer gel. Colloid Polym Sci 276, 446–450 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003960050265

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