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Block Copolymers and Miktoarm Star-Branched Polymers

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Anionic Polymerization

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Block copolymers self-assemble to form extremely regular nanoscale microdomain structures with a variety of morphologies. The microdomain morphology depends on the chain architectures, number of components, copolymer compositions, segregation power between the components as well as the ordering processes. In this chapter how these factors affect the microdomain morphology is mentioned.

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Abbreviations

Abbreviations

BCC:

Spheres packed in body-centered cubic lattice

CPS:

Close-packed spheres

CT:

Computed tomography

DIS:

Disordered phase

Fddd:

Fddd network

HEX:

Hexagonally packed cylinders

HPL:

Hexagonally perforated layer

Ia\( \overline{3} \)d:

Double gyroid network

LAM:

Lamellae

OBDD:

Ordered bicontinuous double diamond network

ODT:

Order-disorder transition

OOT:

Order-order transition

OsO4 :

Osmium tetraoxide

OTDD:

Ordered tricontinuous double diamond network

PI:

Polyisoprene

PL:

Perforated layer

PS:

Polystyrene

RuO4 :

Ruthenium tetraoxide

SAXS:

Small-angle X-ray scattering

SCFT:

Self-consistent field theory

SI:

Polystyrene-block-polyisoprene

TEM:

Transmission electron microscopy

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Hasegawa, H. (2015). Block Copolymers and Miktoarm Star-Branched Polymers. In: Hadjichristidis, N., Hirao, A. (eds) Anionic Polymerization. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54186-8_18

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