2004
Simulation study of intra- and intermicellar ordering in triblock-copolymer systems
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J. Chem. Phys. , Volume 120 p. 5839- 5848
We report a numerical study of the structure and phase behavior of a model for a triblock-copolymer solution. The aim of this study is to investigate the nature of the dense micellar phase that can form in such systems. The simulations were performed on a lattice model for PEO (poly(ethylene-oxide))-PPO (poly(propylene-oxide))-PEO polymers. At high volume fractions, the structure factor of the amphiphile-solvent system can be mapped onto that of a monodisperse hard-sphere fluid. Yet, a low-density hard-sphere model cannot account for the properties of the dilute micellar solution. Moreover, direct inspection of the snapshots of the suspension show that these model triblock-copolymer micelles are neither hard, nor spherical, nor monodisperse.
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Wijmans, C. M., Eiser, E., & Frenkel, D. (2004). Simulation study of intra- and intermicellar ordering in triblock-copolymer systems. J. Chem. Phys., 120, 5839–5848. doi:10.1063/1.1649730 |
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