Signatures of the order-disorder transition in copolymers with quenched sequence disorder

H. B. Eitouni, T. J. Rappl, E. D. Gomez, N. P. Balsara, S. Qi, A. K. Chakraborty, J. M.J. Fréchet, J. A. Pople

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Abstract

The existence of a transition from order to disorder in a copolymer with quenched disorder was analyzed. The kinetic barriers arosed due to the presence of quenched disorder and architectural complexity which limits the extent of long-range order in the systems. The characteristic length scale of the concentration fluctuations in the disordered randomly grafted copolymer (RGC) decreased as the transition was approached and was a universal function of T odt/T. The signatures of the order-disorder transition (ODT) of copolymers with sequence disorder were different from those in copolymers without sequence order.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8487-8490
Number of pages4
JournalMacromolecules
Volume37
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Nov 2004
Externally publishedYes

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