Interfaces of Modulated Phases
R. R. Netz, D. Andelman, M. Schick
TL;DR
This paper numerically analyzes the interfaces of modulated phases, providing detailed profiles and interfacial energies that align with observed morphologies in copolymers and magnetic films.
Contribution
It introduces a numerical method to compute interfacial properties of modulated phases, matching experimental morphologies.
Findings
Interfacial free energies of various tilt boundaries are computed.
Profiles of symmetric and non-symmetric tilt boundaries are obtained.
Results agree with observed morphologies in experiments.
Abstract
Numerically minimizing a continuous free-energy functional which yields several modulated phases, we obtain the order-parameter profiles and interfacial free energies of symmetric and non-symmetric tilt boundaries within the lamellar phase, and of interfaces between coexisting lamellar, hexagonal, and disordered phases. Our findings agree well with chevron, omega, and T-junction tilt-boundary morphologies observed in diblock copolymers and magnetic garnet films.
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