1998/03/10 by M. Mueller, Marcus Müller, F. Schmid +1 · 8 citations
Chemistry · Materials Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions #Block Copolymer Self-Assembly #Capillary wave #Chemical physics #Chemistry #Composite material #Computer science #Copolymer #Materials science #Mathematics #Monte Carlo method #Organic chemistry #Phase (matter) #Physics #Polymer #Polymer blend #Polymer science #Statistical physics #Surface tension #Ternary operation #Thermodynamics #Wetting #cond-mat.soft
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/9789812815569_0003
published in WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks, 59-127 (World Scientific) · To appear in Annual Reviews of Computational Physics, edt. D. Stauffer
arxiv created 1998/03/10 · openalex publication_date 1999/03/01 · arxiv updated 2016/11/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract. We review recent simulation studies of interfaces between immiscible homopolymer phases. Special emphasis is given to the presentation of efficient simulation techniques and powerful methods of data analysis, such as the analysis of capillary wave spectra. Possible reasons for polymer incompatibility and ways to relate model dependent interaction parameters to an effective Flory Huggins parameter χ are discussed. Various interfaces are then considered and characterised with respect to their microscopic structure and thermodynamic properties. In particular, interfaces between homopolymers of equal or disparate stiffness are studied, interfaces containing diblock copolymers, and interfaces confined in thin films. The results are related to the phase behaviour of ternary homopolymer/copolymer systems, and to wetting transitions in thin films. 1