Qinghua Jin

TL;DR: Self-assembly of block copolymers confined in cylindrical nanopores is studied systematically using a simulated annealing technique and mechanisms of the morphological transitions can be understood based on the degree of structural frustration parametrized by the ratio D/L0.

TL;DR: In this paper, the self-assembly of symmetric diblock copolymers confined in spherical nanopores is studied using simulated annealing Monte Carlo simulations and the dependence of self-assembled morphologies and chain conformations on the degree of confinement and the strength of surface interactions is examined systematically.

TL;DR: Simulation of solution-state self-assembly of ABC star terpolymers composed of a solvophilic A arm and two solvophobic B and C arms finds that the overall micelle morphology is largely controlled by the volume fraction of the solvphilic A arms, whereas the internal compartmented and/or segregated structures depend on the ratio between the volume fractions of the twosolvophobic arms.

TL;DR: Self-assembly of AB diblock copolymers confined in cylindrical nanopores is studied using a simulated annealing technique and it is found that chains near the pore surfaces are compressed relative to the bulk chains, which can be attributed to the existence of the surfaces.

TL;DR: In this article, the self-assembly of cylinder-forming diblock copolymers confined in cylindrical nanopores was studied systematically using a simulated annealing method, and it was discovered that the sequence of structures is controlled by the ratio between the pore diameter (D) and L 0, as well as the selectivity of the pores.