The Physics of Block Copolymers

by Hamley, Ian W.

• ISBN13: 9780198502180
• ISBN10: 0198502184
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This text is the first to provide a comprehensive and systematic look at the physics underlying the remarkable structural and dynamical properties of block copolymers. It provides the polymer scientist and technologist with a firm grounding in the fundamental principles underlying the diverse applications, and it highlights many of the intriguing features of these polymers, including nanoscale self-assembly in bulk and two-dimensions. The book includes in-depth discussions of the recent theoretical and experimental advances in the field. Topics covered include the thermodynamics and dynamics of block copolymer melts, block copolymers in dilute, semidilute and concentrated solutions, the structure of crystalline block copolymers, and block copolymers in blends with other polymers. An essential resource for researchers in polymer physics and materials science, the book will also appeal to advanced students and researchers in a wide range of related disciplines.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(23)
Introduction	1	(1)
Types of block copolymer	2	(1)
The structure of block copolymer melts, solids, solutions and blends	3	(6)
Techniques for studying block copolymers	9	(15)
Melt phase behaviour of block copolymers	24	(107)
Introduction	24	(1)
Experimental studies of the phase behaviour of block copolymers	25	(45)
Theories for the melt phase behaviour of block copolymers	70	(19)
Dynamic processes in block copolymer melts	89	(19)
Structure of thin films of block copolymers	108	(23)
Block copolymers in dilute solution	131	(90)
Introduction	131	(2)
The critical micelle concentration	133	(1)
Experimental studies of block copolymer micelles	134	(25)
Theories for dilute block copolymer solutions	159	(19)
Computer simulations of block copolymer micelles	178	(4)
Ionic block copolymers	182	(10)
Dynamics in block copolymer solutions	192	(8)
Adsorption from block copolymer solutions	200	(21)
Block copolymers in semidilute and concentrated solutions	221	(57)
Introduction	221	(1)
Gelation in block copolymer solutions	222	(5)
Poly(oxyethylene)-containing block copolymers in solution	227	(18)
Styrenic block copolymers in solution	245	(20)
Theories for ordered block copolymer solutions	265	(13)
Solid state structure of block copolymers	278	(53)
Introduction	278	(1)
Structure formation in semicrystalline diblocks	279	(35)
Theories for crystallization in block copolymers	314	(6)
Crystallization kinetics in semicrystalline block copolymers	320	(4)
Crystallization in thin films	324	(2)
Structure formation in glassy block copolymers	326	(5)
Polymer blends containing block copolymers	331	(82)
Introduction	331	(1)
Experiments on binary block copolymer/homopolymer blends	332	(23)
Experiments on blends of block copolymers with two homopolymers	355	(11)
Experiments on blends of two block copolymers	366	(7)
Theories for binary block copolymer/homopolymer blends	373	(9)
Theories for blends of block copolymers with two homopolymers	382	(13)
Theories for blends of two block copolymers	395	(8)
Thin films	403	(10)
Appendix The self-consistent field theory for block copolymer melts	413	(4)
Index	417