TY - JOUR
T1 - Spinodal decomposition of homopolymer blends
T2 - Geometrical properties of the interface
AU - Aksimentiev, Aleksij
AU - Moorthi, Krzysztof
AU - Hołyst, Robert
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The spinodal decomposition (SD) of the homopolymer blends has been studied by the numerical integration of the Cahn-Hilliard-Cook equation with the Flory-Huggins-de Gennes free energy functional. The scaling dependences for the surface area density, Euler characteristics density, average Gaussian and mean curvatures of the blend interface have been found. In the shallow and asymmetric quenches the topological transformation from the bicontinuous to droplet morphology has been observed. The influence of the thermal fluctuations on the curvature distribution has been investigated.
AB - The spinodal decomposition (SD) of the homopolymer blends has been studied by the numerical integration of the Cahn-Hilliard-Cook equation with the Flory-Huggins-de Gennes free energy functional. The scaling dependences for the surface area density, Euler characteristics density, average Gaussian and mean curvatures of the blend interface have been found. In the shallow and asymmetric quenches the topological transformation from the bicontinuous to droplet morphology has been observed. The influence of the thermal fluctuations on the curvature distribution has been investigated.
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U2 - 10.1143/PTPS.138.398
DO - 10.1143/PTPS.138.398
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034337371
SN - 0375-9687
SP - 398
EP - 399
JO - Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
JF - Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
IS - 138
ER -