Phases and Phase Transitions of Block Copolymers

Spontaneous formation of ordered structures from amphiphilic molecules has attracted tremendous attentions in the last decades. Among the many different amphiphilic systems, block copolymers with their rich phase behaviour and ordering transitions have become a paradigm for the study of structural self-assembly. In this mini-review I will give a brief account on our studies on phases, phase diagrams, and kinetic pathways of order-to-order phase transitions of block copolymers.