Linear melt rheology and small-angle X-ray scattering of AB diblocks vs A2B2 four arm star block copolymers

Buzza, D. M.A.; Fzea, A. H.; Allgaier, J. B.; Young, R. N.; Hawkins, R. J.; Hamley, I. W.; McLeish, T. C. B.; Lodge, T. P.

doi:10.1021/ma000382t

Two-dimensional colloidal alloys (2011)
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Law, A. D., Buzza, D. M. A., & Horozov, T. S. (2011). Two-dimensional colloidal alloys. Physical review letters, 106(12), Article ARTN 128302. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.106.128302

We study the structure of mixed monolayers of large (3μm diameter) and small (1μm diameter) very hydrophobic silica particles at an octane-water interface as a function of the number fraction of small particles ξ. We find that a rich variety of two-d... Read More about Two-dimensional colloidal alloys.

Controlling the micellar morphology of binary PEO-PCL block copolymers in water-THF through controlled blending (2010)
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Schuetz, P., Greenall, M. J., Bent, J., Furzeland, S., Atkins, D., Butler, M. F., McLeish, T. C. B., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2011). Controlling the micellar morphology of binary PEO-PCL block copolymers in water-THF through controlled blending. Soft matter, 7(2), 749-759. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm00938e

We study both experimentally and theoretically the self-assembly of binary polycaprolactone-polyethylene oxide (PCL-PEO) block copolymers in dilute solution, where self-assembly is triggered by changing the solvent from the common good solvent THF to... Read More about Controlling the micellar morphology of binary PEO-PCL block copolymers in water-THF through controlled blending.

Obtaining Effective Pair Potentials in Colloidal Monolayers Using a Thermodynamically Consistent Inversion Scheme (2010)
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Law, A. D., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2010). Obtaining Effective Pair Potentials in Colloidal Monolayers Using a Thermodynamically Consistent Inversion Scheme. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 26(10), 7107-7116. https://doi.org/10.1021/la9037233

The structure and stability of colloidal monolayers depends crucially on the effective pair interaction potential u(r) between colloidal particles. In this study, we construct a novel method for extracting u(r) from the two-dimensional (2D) radial di... Read More about Obtaining Effective Pair Potentials in Colloidal Monolayers Using a Thermodynamically Consistent Inversion Scheme.

Determination of interaction potentials of colloidal monolayers from the inversion of pair correlation functions: A two-dimensional predictor-corrector method (2009)
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Law, A. D., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2009). Determination of interaction potentials of colloidal monolayers from the inversion of pair correlation functions: A two-dimensional predictor-corrector method. The Journal of chemical physics, 131(9), 094704 - 094704. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3216568

The structure and stability of colloidal monolayers depend crucially on the effective pair potential u (r) between colloidal particles. In this paper, we develop a two-dimensional (2D) predictor-corrector method for extracting u (r) from the pair cor... Read More about Determination of interaction potentials of colloidal monolayers from the inversion of pair correlation functions: A two-dimensional predictor-corrector method.

Micelle Formation in Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends: Comparison of Self-Consistent Field Theory with Experiment and Scaling Theory (2009)
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Greenall, M. J., Buzza, M., & McLeish, T. C. B. (2009). Micelle Formation in Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends: Comparison of Self-Consistent Field Theory with Experiment and Scaling Theory. Macromolecules, 42(15), 5873 - 5880. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma9000594

We present a self-consistent Field theory (SCFT) Study of spherical micelle formation in a blend of poly(styrene-butadiene) diblocks and homopolystyrene. The micelle core radii, corona thicknesses, and critical micelle concentrations are calculated a... Read More about Micelle Formation in Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends: Comparison of Self-Consistent Field Theory with Experiment and Scaling Theory.

Micelle shape transitions in block copolymer/homopolymer blends: comparison of self-consistent field theory with experiment (2009)
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Greenall, M. J., Buzza, D. M. A., & McLeish, T. C. B. (2009). Micelle shape transitions in block copolymer/homopolymer blends: comparison of self-consistent field theory with experiment. The Journal of chemical physics, 131(3), Article 034904. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3170938

Diblock copolymers blended with homopolymer may self-assemble into spherical, cylindrical, or lamellar aggregates. Transitions between these structures may be driven by varying the homopolymer diblock molecular weight or composition. Using self-consi... Read More about Micelle shape transitions in block copolymer/homopolymer blends: comparison of self-consistent field theory with experiment.

Are polyelectrolyte dendrimers stimuli responsive? (2007)
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Giupponi, G., Buzza, D. M. A., & Adolf, D. B. (2007). Are polyelectrolyte dendrimers stimuli responsive?. Macromolecules, 40(16), 5959-5965. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma070609l

Using a molecular dynamics and mean field theory approach which explicitly accounts for free ions, we study the conformation of polyelectrolyte dendrimers for different generation numbers, spacer lengths, charge distributions and ionic strengths. We... Read More about Are polyelectrolyte dendrimers stimuli responsive?.

Monte Carlo simulation of random branching in hyperbranched polymers (2007)
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Richards, E. L., Buzza, D. M. A., & Davies, G. R. (2007). Monte Carlo simulation of random branching in hyperbranched polymers. Macromolecules, 40(6), 2210-2218. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0700126

We study the branching statistics of hyperbranched polymers formed from a one-pot melt polymerization of AB2 monomers via Monte Carlo simulation. To simulate the reaction ensemble, we use a 3D percolation-type model where each lattice site of a cubic... Read More about Monte Carlo simulation of random branching in hyperbranched polymers.

Entanglement transition of randomly branched polymers in the hyperbranched class (2006)
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Kunamaneni, S., Buzza, D. M. A., Read, D. J., Parker, D., Kenwright, A. M., Feast, W. J., & Larsen, A. L. (2006). Entanglement transition of randomly branched polymers in the hyperbranched class. Macromolecules, 39(19), 6720-6736. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0603276

We study the melt rheology of randomly branched polymers in the hyperbranched polymer (HBP) class which are formed by the co-condensation of AB and AB2 type monomers. Specifically, we study the effect of branch length Mx on the entanglement transitio... Read More about Entanglement transition of randomly branched polymers in the hyperbranched class.

A Monte Carlo study of amphiphilic dendrimers: Spontaneous asymmetry and dendron separation (2005)
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Giupponi, G., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2005). A Monte Carlo study of amphiphilic dendrimers: Spontaneous asymmetry and dendron separation. The Journal of chemical physics, 122(19), Article 194903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1896347

We study via Monte Carlo simulation the conformation of amphiphilic dendrimers for which terminal monomers (t) and internal monomers (i) interact differently with the solvent (s). Specifically, we have studied g=3,6 dendrimers as a function of χit, χ... Read More about A Monte Carlo study of amphiphilic dendrimers: Spontaneous asymmetry and dendron separation.

Rheology of fractionated and unfractionated hyperbranched polyesters (2004)
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Kunamaneni, S., Buzza, D. M. A., De Luca, E., & Richards, R. W. (2004). Rheology of fractionated and unfractionated hyperbranched polyesters. Macromolecules, 37(24), 9295-9297. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma034932%2B

Monte Carlo simulation of dendrimers in variable solvent quality (2004)
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Giupponi, G., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2004). Monte Carlo simulation of dendrimers in variable solvent quality. The Journal of chemical physics, 120(21), 10290-10298. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1714829

The properties of g=1-6 dendrimers in variable solvent quality were studied using Monte Carlo simulation and Flory theory. It was found that the radius of gyration (Rg collapses significantly while going from athermal to extreme poor solvent conditio... Read More about Monte Carlo simulation of dendrimers in variable solvent quality.

Power law polydispersity and fractal structure of hyperbranched polymers (2004)
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Buzza, D. M. (2004). Power law polydispersity and fractal structure of hyperbranched polymers. European Physical Journal E, 13(1), 79-86. https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/e2004-00042-3

Using the complementary approaches of Flory theory and the overlap function, we study the molecular weight distribution and conformation of hyperbranched polymers formed by the melt polycondensation of A-RN0-Bf - 1monomers in their reaction bath clos... Read More about Power law polydispersity and fractal structure of hyperbranched polymers.

Size exclusion chromatography and rheology of AB/AB2 hyperbranched polymers (2003)
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Kunamaneni, S., Buzza, D. M. A., Parker, D., & Feast, W. J. Size exclusion chromatography and rheology of AB/AB2 hyperbranched polymers

We report size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and linear shear rheology results for a series of AB/AB2 hyperbranched polyesters. For these samples, the weight average molecular weight Mw was systematically varied from 3000 to 250000 but the spacer le... Read More about Size exclusion chromatography and rheology of AB/AB2 hyperbranched polymers.

Rheology and molecular weight distribution of hyperbranched polymers (2002)
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Buzza, D. M., Groves, D. J., McLeish, T. C., Parker, D., Keeney, A. J., Feast, W. J., & Suneel. (2002). Rheology and molecular weight distribution of hyperbranched polymers. Macromolecules, 35(25), 9605-9612. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma020820r

We study the melt rheology and molecular weight distribution of four short chain branched hyperbranched polyesters with different molecular weights and containing branched monomers of various alkyl chain lengths n (2 → 4; n is the number of CH2 group... Read More about Rheology and molecular weight distribution of hyperbranched polymers.

General Theory for Capillary Waves and Surface Light Scattering (2002)
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Buzza, D. M. (2002). General Theory for Capillary Waves and Surface Light Scattering. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 18(22), 8418-8435. https://doi.org/10.1021/la011713d

We present a general theory for capillary waves and surface quasi-elastic light scattering for an isotropic liquid interface with adsorbed surfactant. We first examine the validity of three constitutive models for isotropic interfaces in the Newtonia... Read More about General Theory for Capillary Waves and Surface Light Scattering.

A Monte Carlo simulation scheme for nonideal dendrimers satisfying detailed balance (2002)
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Giupponi, G., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2002). A Monte Carlo simulation scheme for nonideal dendrimers satisfying detailed balance. Macromolecules, 35(26), 9799-9812. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0203851

We present a configurational-biased lattice Monte Carlo scheme for simulating nonideal dendrimers that satisfies detailed balance. This corrects an important shortcoming in a previous lattice Monte Carlo scheme by Mansfield and Klushin: in a previous... Read More about A Monte Carlo simulation scheme for nonideal dendrimers satisfying detailed balance.

Monte Carlo simulation scheme for dendrimers satisfying detailed balance (2001)
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Wallace, E. J., Buzza, D. M., & Read, D. J. (2001). Monte Carlo simulation scheme for dendrimers satisfying detailed balance. Macromolecules, 34(20), 7140-7146. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0104130

A lattice Monte Carlo scheme for simulating dendrimers that is widely referenced in the literature is that of Mansfield and Klushin (Macromolecules 1993, 26, 4262). However, we show that this scheme does not obey a detailed balance and propose a modi... Read More about Monte Carlo simulation scheme for dendrimers satisfying detailed balance.

Linear melt rheology and small-angle X-ray scattering of AB diblocks vs A2B2 four arm star block copolymers (2000)
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Buzza, D. M., Fzea, A. H., Allgaier, J. B., Young, R. N., Hawkins, R. J., Hamley, I. W., McLeish, T. C. B., & Lodge, T. P. (2000). Linear melt rheology and small-angle X-ray scattering of AB diblocks vs A2B2 four arm star block copolymers. Macromolecules, 33(22), 8399-8414. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma000382t

The frequency dependent viscoelastic properties and lamellar spacing of three symmetric styrene-isoprene (PS-PI) diblock copolymers are compared to those of their hetero-four-arm star counterparts. The PS and PI arm molecular weights of the three lin... Read More about Linear melt rheology and small-angle X-ray scattering of AB diblocks vs A2B2 four arm star block copolymers.

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