Embedding of Colloids in Copolymer Cubic Phases: An Impurity Stabilised Crystal

Autor:	M. S. Turner, Carlos M. Marques
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	chemistry.chemical_classification Materials science General Physics and Astronomy Polymer Cubic crystal system complex mixtures Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matter Crystal Colloid chemistry Impurity Chemical physics Phase (matter) Copolymer Solubility
Zdroj:	Europhysics Letters (EPL). 32:493-497
ISSN:	1286-4854 0295-5075
DOI:	10.1209/0295-5075/32/6/006
Popis:	We discuss the possibility of embedding colloidal solid particles in a cubic crystal of diblock copolymers. We show that the solubility of the colloids in the cores of the minority phase is enhanced, for a certain 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.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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