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De Gruyter, e-polymers, 4(16), p. 343-349, 2016

DOI: 10.1515/epoly-2015-0275

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Simulation study on the assembly of rod-coil diblock copolymers within coil-selective nanoslits

Journal article published in 2016 by Ya-Juan Su, Ze-Xin, Ze-Xin Ma, Jian-Hua Huang
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Abstract

Abstract Dissipative particle dynamics simulations are performed to study the self-assembly of rod-coil (RC) diblock copolymers confined in a slit with two coil-selective surfaces. The effect of rod length and slit thickness on the assembly structure is investigated. A morphological phase diagram as a function of slit thickness and rod length is presented. We observe several ordered structures, such as perpendicular cylinders, parallel cylinders, and puck-shaped structure. In the assembly structures, long-range rod-rod orientational order is observed when the rod length exceeds a critical rod length. Our results show that the coil-selective slit influences the assembly structure as well as the rod orientation of RC diblock copolymers.