Bottom-up construction of dynamic density functional theories for inhomogeneous polymer systems from microscopic simulations

S Mantha, S Qi, F Schmid - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
We propose and compare different strategies to construct dynamic density functional
theories (DDFTs) for inhomogeneous polymer systems close to equilibrium from microscopic …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic self-consistent field approach for studying kinetic processes in multiblock copolymer melts

F Schmid, B Li - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The self-consistent field theory is a popular and highly successful theoretical framework for
studying equilibrium (co) polymer systems at the mesoscopic level. Dynamic density …

A comparative study of the effect of multidimensional carbon fillers on polystyrene using supercritical carbon dioxide foaming

L Jian, T Fan, M Weng, W Yu, W Chen, J Luo… - Diamond and Related …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to its low thermal conductivity on average (~ 0.039 W/(m· K)), supercritical expanded
polystyrene (PS) foam could be used as an insulation material in buildings to save energy …

Regular ordering of spherical microdomains in dewetted monolayer islands induced by thermal annealing of spin-coated ultrathin films of a triblock copolymer

RAH Bayomi, T Aoki, S Sasaki, S Sakurai - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
We report here spontaneous dewetting of a spin-coated, ultra-thin film of a sphere-forming
block copolymer (BCP) upon thermal annealing, and that the dewetting resulted in the …

Defect-Induced Order–Order Phase Transition in Triblock Copolymer Thin Films

AA Abate, CM Piqueras, DA Vega - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
When a cylinder forming triblock copolymer thin film is exposed to supercritical carbon
dioxide (scCO2), the system suffers an order–order phase transition from parallel (C∥) to …