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Weak segregation in molten statistical copolymers

Author(s) -

de Gennes PierreGilles

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

macromolecular symposia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257

H-Index - 76

eISSN - 1521-3900

pISSN - 1022-1360

DOI - 10.1002/masy.200390016

Subject(s) - copolymer , radius , materials science , phase (matter) , thermodynamics , argument (complex analysis) , statistical physics , polymer chemistry , polymer science , chemical physics , physics , chemistry , polymer , computer science , quantum mechanics , composite material , computer security , biochemistry

We present a qualitative argument suggesting that a statistical (AB) copolymer should display a certain form of weak segregation, with A rich and B rich regions of size comparable to the coil radius. This should occur if the Flory parameter χ is larger than unity (much larger than for the phase separation of A and B of homopolymers) in agreement with detailed calculations by Frederikson, Milner and Leibler. We achieve a certain qualitative insight for the resulting microphase.

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