Block copolymers: a beautiful encounter among physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering

ZHOU Jia-Jia; SHI An-Chang

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ZHOU Jia-Jia, SHI An-Chang. Block copolymers: a beautiful encounter among physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering[J]. PHYSICS, 2023, 52(7): 493-501. DOI: 10.7693/wl20230707

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ZHOU Jia-Jia, SHI An-Chang. Block copolymers: a beautiful encounter among physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering[J]. PHYSICS, 2023, 52(7): 493-501. DOI: 10.7693/wl20230707

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ZHOU Jia-Jia, SHI An-Chang. Block copolymers: a beautiful encounter among physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering[J]. PHYSICS, 2023, 52(7): 493-501. DOI: 10.7693/wl20230707

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Block copolymers: a beautiful encounter among physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering

ZHOU Jia-Jia^1, ,,
SHI An-Chang^2, ,

1 School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 511442, China;
2 Department of Physics&Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4M1, Canada

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Received Date: June 19, 2023
Available Online: July 20, 2023

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Based on important advances over the last few decades, block copolymers have been established as an excellent physical model system for studying molecular self-assembly and related fundamental phenomena. Good agreement between the quantitative theory and accurate experiments on the equilibrium phase behaviour of block copolymers has been achieved, and a thorough understanding has emerged by connecting the microscopic constituents to the mesoscopic phase structures and macroscopic material properties. Here, we review our current understanding of block copolymer phase behaviour, the standard model with its underlying assumptions, and present an overview of future applications in various fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering.
- block copolymer,
- self-assembly,
- phase diagram,
- self-consistent field theory

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