Self-Assembly of Symmetric Copolymers in Slits with Inert and Attractive Walls.

ABSTRACT: Although the behavior of the confined semi-dilute solutions of self-assembling copolymers represents an important topic of basic and applied research, it has eluded the interest of scientists. Extensive series of dissipative particle dynamics simulations have been performed on semi-dilute solutions of A₅B₅ chains in a selective solvent for A in slits using a DL-MESO simulation package. Simulations of corresponding bulk systems were performed for comparison. This study shows that the associates in the semi-dilute bulk solutions are partly structurally organized. Mild steric constraints in slits with non-attractive walls hardly affect the size of the associates, but they promote their structural arrangement in layers parallel to the slit walls. Attractive walls noticeab

SUBMITTER: Blovsky T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10675682 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature