Interfaces of Modulated Phases
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Chemical Physics
Abstract
Numerically minimizing a continuous free-energy functional which yields several modulated phases, we obtain the order-parameter profiles and interfacial free energies of symmetric and non-symmetric tilt boundaries within the lamellar phase, and of interfaces between coexisting lamellar, hexagonal, and disordered phases. Our findings agree well with chevron, omega, and T-junction tilt-boundary morphologies observed in diblock copolymers and magnetic garnet films.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9803260,
title = {Interfaces of Modulated Phases},
author = {R. R. Netz and D. Andelman and M. Schick},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9803260},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages