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Pingwen Zhang张平文
School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking UniversityJanuary 8th, 2009
Nucleation and Boundary Layer in Diblock Copolymer SCFT Model
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Collaborators
• Boundary Layer Weiquan Xu
• Nucleation Xiuyuan Cheng Lin Ling Weinan E An-Chang Shi
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Outline
• Introduction polymer, diblock copolymer, microstructure, Gaussian Ramdom-walk Model
• Self-consistent Mean Field Theory (SCFT)incompressible/ compressible model
• Boundary layerboundary effect in compressible model
• Nucleationminimum energy path(MEP), string method, saddle point transition state, critical nucleus
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Introduction: What is polymer/ soft matter?
Polymer: chain molecule consisting of monomers
may of different segment types
and complex structure
From Emppu Salonen, Helsinki University of Technology
“soft matter” everywhere
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Introduction: Copolymer Melts
• homopolymer: identical monomers• copolymer: distinct monomers• block copolymer: sequential blocks• melts: one sort of moleculesmelts: one sort of molecules• blends: sorts of molecules
Electron micrographs of copolymer blends. Left: coexistence of lamellar and cylinder phases. Right: double-gyroid phase, to the [1 1 1] axis ( Cited from [1])
Diblock:
Triblock:
Periodic mesoscopic structure
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NA NB
Introduction: Diblock Copolymer
Free energy
metastable
stable
unstable
Order parameters
unstable
Basic system parameters
• Degree of polymerization N=NA+NB
• Compositionf=NA/N
• Segment-segment interaction:
Stability of thermodynamic phases
• Stable phase: global minimum
• Metastable phases: local minima
• Unstable phases: local maxima and/or saddle points
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Scale of the system:
Period of the structure
~ (Gaussian Radius of polymer chain)
~ nm
Left: electron micrographs, right: mean Field approximation (Numerical solution using Spectral method).
Introduction: Microstructure/ Mesoscopic Separation
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(Cited from[1]) lamellar (L), cylindrical (C) and spherical (S) phases, and the complex gyroid (G), perforated-lamellar (PL) and double-diamond (D) phases.
Take ensemble average of segment distribution:
Define concentration:
Introduction: Microstructure/ Mesoscopic Separation
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Introduction: Gaussian Random-Walk Model /Edward Model
(cited from [1] ) Polymer as a flexible Gaussian chain described by curve R(s) over [0,1]. l is the length of coarse-grained segment.
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Self-consistent Mean Field Theory(SCMFT)
Mean field approximation:
One polymer chain One polymer chain in one field creating in one field creating by the whole systemby the whole system
Polymers Polymers influencing one influencing one anotheranother
Criterion of the dominant field: (saddle point approximation)
(r)
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Self-consistent Mean Field Theory(SCMFT) : Incompressible Model
note: assuming short-range interaction gives interaction potential with Flory-Huggins parameter
Introducing two fields, we rewrite the partition function in the form of functional integral and obtain effective Hamiltonian ( )
Partition function of the system
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Self-consistent Mean Field Theory(SCMFT) : Incompressible Model
Corresponding quantities in the Gaussian chain model:
1st derivative of H has the form
Theoretical (up) and experimental (down) equilibrium phase diagrams calculated using SCFT (cite from [3])
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Self-consistent Mean Field Theory(SCMFT) : Compressible Model
In the expression of partition function, change
include additional term of “boundary potential”
where
we get effective Hamiltonian
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Self-consistent Mean Field Theory(SCMFT) : Compressible Model
Compare to incompressible model
We see:
IncompressibleIncompressibleCompressibleCompressible
far from boundary
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Real Space Computation : Numerical Result of Incompressible Model
Diffusive equation of q is solved in real space with periodic boundary conditions (cubic domain). Apply Steepest Descent to SCFT iteration.
cubic length . Residual less than 1e-5.
Left: Gyroid, right: Cylinder, [1 1 1] axis
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Red star : Blue star : Black line : .. Left is incompressible, right compressible
(J is Leonard-Jones-shaped)
Real Space Computation : 1D Numerical Result of Compressible Model
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Red star : Blue star : Black line : Blue line : presumption for by QW [7]
• Layer profile fix
Real Space Computation : 1D Numerical Result of Compressible Model
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• Influence of on Layer profile, fix
Real Space Computation: 1D Numerical Result of Compressible Model
Red star : Blue star : Black line : Blue line : presumption for by QW [7]
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Influence of fix
defined thickness of layer as follows, with the unit of
Real Space Computation : 1D Numerical Result of Compressible Model
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• Influence of and with
Real Space Computation : 1D Numerical Result of Compressible Model
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• Boundary effect on phase structure
Right: with J on both sidesDown left: with J on only left sideDown right: with no J
Real Space Computation : 1D Numerical Result of Compressible Model
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition
Nucleation: the thermally active phase transition via the formation and growth of droplets of the equilibrium phase in the background of the metastable phase.
Example: nucleation of C (cylinder) from disordered phase
Electron micrograph obtained in experiment (Cited from [5] )
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Snapshots from experiment (Cited from [2] )
Example: nucleation in C (cylinder) -> PL (perforated lamella) transformation
Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Rare Event and MEP
System with thermal noise described by SDE
Action functional
Minimum action path /minimum energy path
MEP
Large-deviation theory gives:
Most Probable Transition Path
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition:Zero-temperature String Method
Along MEP
Using steepest descent method
with a proper initial value s.t.
the string connecting A and B (metastable states) will converges to the MEP
as
A simplified version of the method avoided calculating tangent vector of the string, giving better stability and less computational cost. Directly solve
the last term moves grid points along the string according to certain monitor function.
2d example (cited from [6])
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: apply to incompressible SCFT model
Recall the free energy/ effective Hamiltonian and its first derivative of incompressible SCFT model
Meanwhile, with the fact
We have universal convexity with respect to
By doing the following map numerically (convex optimization)
We translate the problem in a version where string method can be applied
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of L-C Nucleation
Assume orientation relationship between L and C. Simulating box is fixed, large enough to diminish influence of boundary near the saddle point. Initial string is set to a nucleus-growth-like one.
We have calculated MEP of L-C nucleation at f=0.45, varying between two extremes of spinodal line and phase boundary
Orientation match (cited from [2])
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of L-C Nucleation Saddle point corresponds to the critical nucleus
critical nucleus at f=0.45, =11.190
slices at interfacex- y- z- bound of nucleus
• anisotropic droplet
• complicated interfacial structure
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of L-C Nucleation
Variation of Critical Nucleus Volume with
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of L-C Nucleation
With saddle point transition state, we obtain energy barrier of the phase transition
Variation of energy barrier with
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of G-C Nucleation
Dynamic of the phase transition
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of G-C Nucleation
Dynamic of the system (see along [1 1 1] axis)
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of G-C Nucleation
Dynamic of the system (see along [-1 -1 2] axis)
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of G-C Nucleation
Growth of nucleus along the MEP
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of G-C Nucleation
Gyroid-cylinder interface is NOT isotropic
Nucleus in growth, red line indicates the boundary of nucleus and
area between green lines are interfacial area.
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of D-S Nucleation
Growth of nucleus along the MEP ( slice at plain with n=[1 1 1])
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of D-S Nucleation
Critical Nucleus
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Nucleation of Order-to-order Phase Transition: Numerical Simulation of D-S Nucleation
Disorder-Sphere interface is NOT isotropic, but nucleus growth is isotropic neglecting bcc-lattice-scale variation
Nucleus in growth, red line indicates the boundary of nucleus and area
between green lines are interfacial area. (Left: slice at plain with n=[1 1 1], right: slice at plain with n=[-1 -1 2])
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Reference
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