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3D Nanometer‐Scale Study of Coexisting Bicontinuous Morphologies in a Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blend
Authors:Hiroshi Jinnai  Hirokazu Hasegawa  Yukihiro Nishikawa  G J Agur Sevink  Michael B Braunfeld  David A Agard  Richard J Spontak
Abstract:Summary: Coexisting bicontinuous morphologies, one ordered and one disordered, are investigated in a macrophase‐separated poly(styrene‐block‐isoprene) diblock copolymer/homopolystyrene (SI/hS) blend. Two‐phase behavior is attributed to the relatively high hS/S mass ratio (0.92). According to its crystallographic signature and channel coordination as discerned from three‐dimensional (3D) images generated by transmission electron microtomography (TEMT), the ordered morphology is classified as gyroid. The 3D local and global topological characteristics of both bicontinuous morphologies as measured directly from TEMT images are reported. The disordered morphology is further compared with molecular‐field simulations to ascertain the spatial distribution of the constituent species within the blend, thereby demonstrating the utility of high‐resolution 3D imaging coupled with molecular‐level simulations.
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Keywords:bicontinuous networks  block copolymers  phase separation  simulations  TEM
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