Diblock copolymer/homopolymer blends: derivation of a density functional theory

DOI10.1016/j.physd.2005.03.006zbMath1120.82307MaRDI QIDQ556396

Xiaofeng Ren, Rustum Choksi

Publication date: 13 June 2005

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2005.03.006

zbMATH Keywords

Density functional theory; Diblock copolymer/homopolymer blend; Multiscale phase separation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82D60: Statistical mechanics of polymers

82C20: Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics

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