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Cell dynamics simulations of block copolymers
Author(s) -
Hamley Ian W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
macromolecular theory and simulations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-3919
pISSN - 1022-1344
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3919(20000801)9:7<363::aid-mats363>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - copolymer , dynamics (music) , molecular dynamics , materials science , block (permutation group theory) , phase (matter) , statistical physics , chemical physics , chemistry , physics , computational chemistry , polymer , mathematics , composite material , geometry , organic chemistry , acoustics
Cell dynamics simulations are a powerful tool to simulate kinetic processes in phase separating systems. Here we review the technique and its application to block copolymers. Its advantages and disadvantages compared to other simulation methods for block copolymer structure and dynamics are reviewed. Results on the dynamics of microphase separation and interface propagation, and on the rate of order‐order phase transitions are reviewed. The use of the method to model certain shear‐induced structural and flow effects is also summarised.