Local v/a variations as a measure of structural packing frustration in bicontinuous mesophases, and geometric arguments for an alternating Im3m (I-WP) phase in block copolymers with polydispersity
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2007
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Schroeder, Gerd
Fogden, Andrew
Hyde, Stephen
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Springer
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This article explores global geometric features of bicontinuous space-partitions and their relevance to self-assembly of block-copolymers. Using a robust definition of 'local channel radius', based on the concept of a medial surface [Schröder et al., Eur
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Keywords: Geometric features; Gyroid geometry; Polymolecular chain stretching; Volume to surface ratios; Molecular dynamics; Molecular weight distribution; Polydispersity; Self assembly; Surface structure; Block copolymers
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European Physical Journal B
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