Novel conformations of isolated semiflexible block copolymers

E. Hernández-Zapata; I. R. Cooke; D. R.M. Williams

doi:10.1016/j.physa.2004.03.060

Novel conformations of isolated semiflexible block copolymers

E. Hernández-Zapata, I. R. Cooke^*, D. R.M. Williams

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Abstract

We investigate the conformations of single regularly-repeating block copolymer chains with rigidity in a poor solvent. We predict the existence of two novel conformations - the stripey torus and the figure eight, and examine the stability of these theoretically.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	40-44
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume	339
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2004.03.060
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2004
Event	Proceedings of the International Conference New Materials - Canberra, Vic., Australia Duration: 3 Nov 2003 → 7 Nov 2003

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