Exploring ordered structures by varying symmetric interaction parameters of non-frustrated ABCBA linear pentablock terpolymers in the melt

The phase behavior of ABCBA linear pentablock terpolymers is investigated by using the 3-dimensional self-consistent field theory. In this study, phase diagrams are constructed and used to discuss how the self-assembled morphologies are influenced by the compositions and the Flory–Huggins interaction parameters (χ) among the three components by decreasing symmetric χN value (segregation strength, where N is the total degree of polymerization) …