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- Letter
Identifying a critical micelle temperature in simulations of disordered asymmetric diblock copolymer melts
Phys. Rev. Materials 5, L092601 – Published 9 September, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.L092601
Abstract
Experiments on asymmetric diblock copolymers at temperatures slightly above the order-disorder transition (ODT) temperature indicate the existence of a dense fluid of micelles. Molecular dynamics simulations are used here to identify a higher critical micelle temperature below which micelles appear. The onset of micellization occurs very near where self-consistent field theory predicts an ODT.
