Kinetics of the Cylinder to Gyroid Transition in a Block Copolymer Solution

摘要

Although many studies have focused on the equilibrium aspects of diblock copolymer phase behavior,the kinetics of transitions between different microstructures (order-to-order transitions) have received relatively little attention.Understanding of the transition mechanisms may provide insightful information for the thermodynamic stability of microstructures.Moreover,the kinetics of transformation is pertinent for the processing and application of self-assembled diblock copolymers.