Copolymer Nanocomposite Thin-Films Under Shear
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Lenin S. Shagolsem
Department of Physics National Institute of Technology Manipur, Imphal 795004, India
Search for more papers by this authorTorsten Kreer
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorJens-Uwe Sommer
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Institute of Theoretical Physics Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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Lenin S. Shagolsem
Department of Physics National Institute of Technology Manipur, Imphal 795004, India
Search for more papers by this authorTorsten Kreer
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorJens-Uwe Sommer
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Institute of Theoretical Physics Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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By means of molecular dynamics simulations, we study the behaviour of lamellae forming diblock copolymer and nanoparticle mixtures in thin-film geometry under stationary shear. In particular, we investigate the system under transverse mode of shear considering both nonselective and selective types of nanoparticles. We find that the presence of nanoparticles affects the critical shear rate at which the lamellar morphology is not stable during transverse shear and orientation transition sets in. We also study the spatial distribution of nanoparticles in the presence of flow field and its effect on the macroscopic response of the system.
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