Coarse-grained block copolymer generation
Work by Michel Perez, Olivier Lame, Fabien Leonforte, and Jean-Louis Barrat.
They use a versatile method, largely inspired by chemical “radical polymerization”, to generate configurations of coarse-grained models for polymer melts. The two figures show snapshots of lamellar diblocks and triblocks. Equilibrium lamellar spacing depends on the incompatibility between the two (or three) polymers forming the block copolymer.
Related publications
- Polymer chain generation for coarse-grained models using radical-like polymerization, M. Perez, O. Lame, F. Leonforte, and J.-L. Barrat, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 234904 (2008). doi:10.1063/1.2936839