Microphase and Macrophase Separations in Binary Blends of Diblock Copolymers

Phase behavior of blends of two AB diblock copolymers, with the long one at relatively strong segregation, is studied using the self-consistent field theory, focusing on the effect of compositions of the two block copolymers and their length ratio. In order to carry out extensive calculations on the large parameter space, a unit-cell approximation is employed, in which the mean-field equations are solved using a Bessel function expansion. Phase …