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Volume 10 (2) 2004, 219-228

LOW-TEMPERATURE EXTRA ORDERING EFFECTS IN SYMMETRIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS FROM LATTICE MONTE CARLO SIMULATION

Woloszczuk S. 1, Banaszak Michał 1*, Jurga S. 1, Radosz M. 2

Institute of Physics, A. Mickiewicz University
Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming Laramie
IVY 82071-3295, USA

Received:

Rec. 30 September 2004

DOI:   10.12921/cmst.2004.10.02.219-228

OAI:   oai:lib.psnc.pl:573

Abstract:

Lattice computer simulations of block copolymer melts are reported. Low-temperature
lamellar ordering conjecture is presented and its justification is provided. In addition to reviewing the previous data we present a new evidence for the extra ordering effects by recording the mean squared rotational angles as a function of the reduced temperature.

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