Applications of self-consistent field theory in polymer systems

作     者：YANG Yuliang QIU Feng TANG Ping ZHANG Hongdong 

作者机构：The Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers of Ministry of Education of China Department of Macromolecular Science Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China The Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers of Ministry of Education of China Department of Macromolecular Science Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China The Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers of Ministry of Education of China Department of Macromolecular Science Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China The Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers of Ministry of Education of China Department of Macromolecular Science Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China 

出 版 物：《Science China Chemistry》 (中国科学（化学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2006年第49卷第1期

页      面：21-43页

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学科分类：07[理学] 08[工学] 

基　　金：This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2005CB623800) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20474012, 20374016 & 20104002) This review was recommended by Prof.Li Lemin,member of editorial of Science in China 

主　　题：self-consistent field theory, block copolymer, microphase separation. 

摘      要：The self-consistent field theory (SCFT) based upon coarse-grained model is especially suitable for investigating thermodynamic equilibrium morphology and the phase diagram of inhomo-geneous polymer systems subjected to phase separation. The advantage of this model is that the details of the chain such as the architecture of the chain and the sequence of blocks can be consid-ered. We present here an overview of SCFT approach and its applications in polymeric systems. In particular, we wish to focus on our group’s achievements in applications of SCFT in such fields: simulation of microphase separation morphologies of multiblock copolymers with a complex molecular architecture, interactions between brush-coated sheets in a polymer matrix, mixtures of flexible poly-mers and small molecular liquid crystals at the interface, shapes of polymer-chain-anchored fluid vesicles, self-assembled morphologies of block copolymers in dilute solution, and so on. Finally, the further developments as well as the perspective applications of SCFT are discussed.