Solution landscapes of the diblock copolymer-homopolymer model under two-dimensional confinement
Abstract
We investigate the solution landscapes of the confined diblock copolymer and homopolymer in two-dimensional domain by using the extended Ohta--Kawasaki model. The projected saddle dynamics method is developed to compute the saddle points with mass conservation and construct the solution landscape by coupling with downward/upward search algorithms. A variety of novel stationary solutions are identified and classified in the solution landscape, including Flower class, Mosaic class, Core-shell class, and Tai-chi class. The relationships between different stable states are shown by either transition pathways connected by index-1 saddle points or dynamical pathways connected by a high-index saddle point. The solution landscapes also demonstrate the symmetry-breaking phenomena, in which more solutions with high symmetry are found when the domain size increases.
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@article{arxiv.2101.10764,
title = {Solution landscapes of the diblock copolymer-homopolymer model under two-dimensional confinement},
author = {Zhen Xu and Yucen Han and Jianyuan Yin and Bing Yu and Yasumasa Nishiura and Lei Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.10764},
year = {2021}
}
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9 pages, 8 figures