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Nanoparticle anisotropy induces sphere-to-cylinder phase transition in block copolymer melts

Published:2022 Issue:19 Volume:18 Page:3638-3643
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Diaz Javier¹^ORCID,Pinna Marco²^ORCID,Zvelindovsky Andrei²^ORCID,Pagonabarraga Ignacio¹³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. CECAM, Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire, EPFL, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Batochime - Avenue Forel 2, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

2. Centre for Computational Physics, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK

3. Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

4. Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Anisotropic nanoparticles are shown to induce a sphere-to-cylinder phase transition in sphere-forming block copolymer melts, at a modest concentration. The transition is due to the local breaking of symmetry near the particle surface.

Funder

Departament d'Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

European Commission

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/SM/D2SM00214K

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