Phase transition from body-centered-cubic spheres to cylinders in a diblock copolymer melt under an external electric field is investigated by means of real-space dynamical self-consistent field theory. Different phase transition kinetic pathways and different cylindrical domains arrangements of the final phase are observed depending on the strength and direction of the applied electric field. Various transient states have been identified depending on the electric field being applied along [111], [100], and [110] directions. The electric field should be above a certain threshold value in order the transition to occur. A “dynamic critical exponent” of the transition is found to be about 3/2, consistent with other order-order transitions in diblock copolymers under electric field.
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21 February 2013
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February 20 2013
Kinetic pathways of sphere-to-cylinder transition in diblock copolymer melt under electric field
D. Q. Ly;
D. Q. Ly
1Computational Physics Group and Institute of Nanotechnology and Bioengineering,
University of Central Lancashire
, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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M. Pinna;
M. Pinna
1Computational Physics Group and Institute of Nanotechnology and Bioengineering,
University of Central Lancashire
, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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T. Honda;
T. Honda
2
Research and Development Center
, ZEON Corporation, 1-2-1 Yako Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-9507, Japan
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T. Kawakatsu;
T. Kawakatsu
3Department of Physics,
Tohoku University
, Aoba Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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A. V. M. Zvelindovsky
A. V. M. Zvelindovsky
1Computational Physics Group and Institute of Nanotechnology and Bioengineering,
University of Central Lancashire
, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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J. Chem. Phys. 138, 074904 (2013)
Article history
Received:
October 25 2012
Accepted:
January 28 2013
Citation
D. Q. Ly, M. Pinna, T. Honda, T. Kawakatsu, A. V. M. Zvelindovsky; Kinetic pathways of sphere-to-cylinder transition in diblock copolymer melt under electric field. J. Chem. Phys. 21 February 2013; 138 (7): 074904. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4791639
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