| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K03982/01 |
| Title: |
COMPLEX PHASE BEHAVIOUR IN BLOCK COPOLYMER MELTS SOLUTIONS AND THIN FILMS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Ryan, Professor AJ |
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Manchester Materials Science Centre |
| Organisation: |
UMIST |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
21 November 1994 |
Ends: |
20 November 1997 |
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144,545
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| Materials Characterisation |
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Block copolymers are extensively used in industry in the form of bulk products, such as PU foam and thermoplastic elastomers, and high added- value functional products such as compatiblisers in polymer blends, viscosity modifiers in lubricants and food additives for texture control. Their wide range of application is due to their unique microstructure and phase behaviour. This project addresses the most exciting new developments in the field, complex phase-behaviour close to the order-disorder transition and the effects of reduced dimensionality. We plan to use the facilities of the SRS and ISIS to probe the kinetics of order-oder transitions. To study a series of model copolymers with crystallisable blocks to elucidate the effect of molecular constraint on crystallisation. Reduced dimensionality effects both the location of the order-disorder transition and the microstructure, x-ray and neutron reflectivity will allow us to probe these recently discovered phenomena.
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