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Article: Shear ordering in thin films of spherical block copolymer
Title | Shear ordering in thin films of spherical block copolymer |
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Issue Date | 2005 |
Citation | Langmuir, 2005, v. 21, n. 24, p. 11518-11527 How to Cite? |
Abstract | We have investigated shear-induced alignment of a bilayer of spherical diblock copolymer micelles within thin films using molecular dynamics simulations at two different levels of coarse-graining. At the microscopic level, the copolymers are modeled as bead and spring chains with specific interaction potentials which produce strongly segregated spherical micelles. The simulations qualitatively reveal that long-range shear-induced ordering of hexagonally arranged micelles arises because of the tendency of micelles to pursue trajectories of minimum frictional resistance against micelles in the opposing layer. This influences their alignment in the direction of shear without them breaking apart and reforming within the time scale of the simulations. As observed in experiments, the ordering is shown to be very sensitive to the film thickness and shearing rates. To access larger lengths and longer time scales, we further coarse-grain our system to a mesoscopic level where an individual micelle is represented by a spherical particle, which interacts with other micelles through an effective potential obtained from the microscopic simulations. This approach enables us to follow the time evolution of global order from locally ordered domains. An exponentially fast growth of the orientational correlation length of the hexagonal pattern at early times, followed by a crossover to linear growth, is found in the presence of shear, in contrast to the much slower power-law scalings observed in experiments without shear. © 2005 American Chemical Society. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/303259 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.7 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.786 |
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dc.contributor.author | Arya, Gaurav | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rottler, Jörg | - |
dc.contributor.author | Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Srolovitz, David J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chaikin, Paul M. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-15T08:24:57Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-15T08:24:57Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Langmuir, 2005, v. 21, n. 24, p. 11518-11527 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0743-7463 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/303259 | - |
dc.description.abstract | We have investigated shear-induced alignment of a bilayer of spherical diblock copolymer micelles within thin films using molecular dynamics simulations at two different levels of coarse-graining. At the microscopic level, the copolymers are modeled as bead and spring chains with specific interaction potentials which produce strongly segregated spherical micelles. The simulations qualitatively reveal that long-range shear-induced ordering of hexagonally arranged micelles arises because of the tendency of micelles to pursue trajectories of minimum frictional resistance against micelles in the opposing layer. This influences their alignment in the direction of shear without them breaking apart and reforming within the time scale of the simulations. As observed in experiments, the ordering is shown to be very sensitive to the film thickness and shearing rates. To access larger lengths and longer time scales, we further coarse-grain our system to a mesoscopic level where an individual micelle is represented by a spherical particle, which interacts with other micelles through an effective potential obtained from the microscopic simulations. This approach enables us to follow the time evolution of global order from locally ordered domains. An exponentially fast growth of the orientational correlation length of the hexagonal pattern at early times, followed by a crossover to linear growth, is found in the presence of shear, in contrast to the much slower power-law scalings observed in experiments without shear. © 2005 American Chemical Society. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Langmuir | - |
dc.title | Shear ordering in thin films of spherical block copolymer | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1021/la0516476 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-28844437674 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 21 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 24 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 11518 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 11527 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000233371200087 | - |