EMBEDDING OF COLLOIDS IN COPOLYMER CUBIC PHASES - AN IMPURITY STABILIZED CRYSTAL

Authors
TURNER MS MARQUES CM
Citation
Ms. Turner et Cm. Marques, EMBEDDING OF COLLOIDS IN COPOLYMER CUBIC PHASES - AN IMPURITY STABILIZED CRYSTAL, Europhysics letters, 32(6), 1995, pp. 493-497
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
32
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
493 - 497
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1995)32:6<493:EOCICC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We discuss the possibility of embedding colloidal solid particles in a cubic crystal of diblock copolymers. We show that the solubility of t he colloids in the cores of the minority phase is enhanced, for a cert ain range of the particle radius, by the release of elastic tension of the polymer chains. This provides an explicit example for elastically assisted solubilization of Spherical inclusions in a crystal.