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arXiv 2011.08039cond-mat.softcond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.stat-mech
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嵌段共聚物熔体相分离动力学过程中光诱导键断裂的耗散粒子动力学研究

Photo-induced bond breaking during phase separation kinetics of block copolymer melts: A dissipative particle dynamics study

Ashish Kumar Singh, Avinash Chauhan, Sanjay Puri, Awaneesh Singh

摘要:

采用耗散粒子动力学(DPD)模拟方法,研究了嵌段共聚物(BCP)在$d=3$中熔体在光等外界刺激下的相分离动力学。将初始均质BCP熔体快速淬火至温度$T < T_c$,其中$T_c$是临界温度。然后,我们让系统经历交替的光“开”和“关”周期。一个开循环打破了刺激敏感的债券连接的嵌段A和B的BCP熔体,并在关闭周期,打破债券重新连接。通过模拟光的影响,我们隔离的情况下,相分离开始与光关闭(设置1);系统内的合作相互作用,使其能够进行微相分离。当相分离随着光开启而开始时(组2),系统由于键断裂而经历宏观相分离。在这里,我们报告的交替循环域形态的作用,通过改变键断裂的概率为两组1和2,分别。我们观察到,尺度函数取决于上述条件,这些条件改变了各种循环中演变形态的时间尺度。然而,在所有情况下,平均畴尺寸遵循幂律增长:在后期为$R(t)\sim t^ϕ$,这里$ϕ$是动态增长指数。在早期短暂的扩散增长($ϕ\sim 1/3$)之后,$ϕ$说明了从粘性流体动力学($ϕ\sim 1$)到后期惯性流体动力学($ϕ\sim 2/3$)状态的交叉。

英文摘要:

Using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulation method, we study the phase separation dynamics in block copolymer (BCP) melt in $d=3$, subjected to external stimuli such as light. An initial homogeneous BCP melt is rapidly quenched to a temperature $T < T_c$, where $T_c$ is the critical temperature. We then let the system go through alternate light "on" and "off" cycles. An on-cycle breaks the stimuli-sensitive bonds connecting both the blocks A and B in BCP melt, and during the off-cycle, broken bonds reconnect. By simulating the effect of light, we isolate scenarios where phase separation begins with the light off (set 1); the cooperative interactions within the system allow it to undergo microphase separation. When the phase separation starts with the light on (set 2), the system undergoes macrophase separation due to the bond breaking. Here, we report the role of alternate cycles on domain morphology by varying bond-breaking probability for both the sets 1 and 2, respectively. We observe that the scaling functions depend upon the conditions mentioned above that change the time scale of the evolving morphologies in various cycles. However, in all the cases, the average domain size respects the power-law growth: $R(t)\sim t^ϕ$ at late times, here $ϕ$ is the dynamic growth exponent. After a short-lived diffusive growth ($ϕ\sim 1/3$) at early times, $ϕ$ illustrates a crossover from the viscous hydrodynamic ($ϕ\sim 1$) to the inertial hydrodynamic ($ϕ\sim 2/3$) regimes at late times.

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