TY - JOUR
T1 - Microphase ordering in melts of randomly grafted copolymers
AU - Qi, Shuyan
AU - Chakraborty, Arup K.
AU - Wang, Hao
AU - Lefebvre, Amy A.
AU - Balsara, Nitash P.
AU - Shakhnovich, Eugene I.
AU - Xenidou, Maria
AU - Hadjichristidis, Nikos
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Using optical birefringence, small-angle neutron scattering, and field-theoretic methods, we study the effects of frustrating quenched randomness and connectivity on microphase ordering in copolymer melts. Our results show that randomly grafted copolymers are good model systems to examine these effects, and we find that these materials exhibit behavior different from that observed heretofore for other types of molten polymers.
AB - Using optical birefringence, small-angle neutron scattering, and field-theoretic methods, we study the effects of frustrating quenched randomness and connectivity on microphase ordering in copolymer melts. Our results show that randomly grafted copolymers are good model systems to examine these effects, and we find that these materials exhibit behavior different from that observed heretofore for other types of molten polymers.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2896
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2896
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000714075
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 82
SP - 2896
EP - 2899
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 14
ER -