Nanoparticle-regulated phase behavior of ordered block copolymers.

Gaines, Michelle K; Smith, Steven D; Samseth, Jon; Bockstaller, Michael R; Thompson, Russell B; Rasmussen, Kim Ã; Spontak, Richard J · Soft Matter · 2008

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Although block copolymer motifs have received considerable attention as supramolecular templates for inorganic nanoparticles, experimental observations of a nanostructured diblock copolymer containing inorganic nanoparticles-supported by theoretical trends predicted from a hybrid self-consistent field/density functional theory-confirm that nanoparticle size and selectivity can likewise stabilize the copolymer nanostructure by increasing its order-disorder transition temperature.