@article {178, title = {Phase behavior of gradient copolymers}, journal = {The Journal of Chemical Physics}, volume = {111}, year = {1999}, pages = {2329{\textendash}2339}, abstract = {

Phase properties of gradient ABcopolymer melts which consist of chains with the specified chemical distribution of A and B monomers have been studied within the Landau{\textendash}Ginzburg model. All the melts with the linear distribution of the monomers exhibit only a direct continuous phase transition from disordered to the lamellar phase. The hexagonal, body-centered-cubic, double-gyroid (G), and lamellar-ordered structures have been found in the melts with the monotonic but nonlinear distribution of the monomers. The G structure has been also found in the gradient copolymer melts with the distribution function of monomers similar to the A{\textendash}B{\textendash}A triblock copolymers.

}, doi = {10.1063/1.479504}, author = {Aleksei Aksimentiev and Robert Ho{\l}yst} }