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The European Physical Journal B
ISSN: 1434-6028 (printed version)
ISSN: 1434-6036 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 1 Issue 1 (1998) pp 71-76
Stabilizing co-continuous polymer blend morphologies with ABC block copolymers
G.H. Fredrickson (1) (a), F.S. Bates (2)
(1) Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
(2) Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Received: 4 June 1997 / Revised: 17 September 1997 / Accepted: 13 October 1997
Abstract: We suggest that ABC triblock copolymers provide a convenient and effective route to emulsifying blends of A and C homopolymers into co-continuous morphologies over a wide range of compositions. Direct transitions between disordered tricontinuous phases ("ABC microemulsions") and spatially-periodic tricontinuous phases (e.g. gyroid or double-diamond cubic phases) should be possible in appropriately formulated alloys. We envision a broad range of potential applications to thermoplastic and thermoset polymeric materials.
PACS. 61.12.Ex Neutron scattering techniques (including small-angle scattering) - 64.60.Fr Equilibrium properties near critical points, critical exponents - 64.60.Kw Multicritical points
(a) e-mail: ghf@engineering.ucsb.edu
Online publication: February 4, 1998
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