Medial packing and elastic asymmetry stabilize the double-gyroid in block copolymers

Abhiram Reddy; Michael S. Dimitriyev; Gregory M. Grason

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30343-2

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Medial packing and elastic asymmetry stabilize the double-gyroid in block copolymers

Abhiram Reddy,
Michael S. Dimitriyev,
Gregory M. Grason

Affiliations

Abhiram Reddy: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts
Michael S. Dimitriyev: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts
Gregory M. Grason: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30343-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

Read online

Double-gyroid networks assemble in diverse soft materials, yet the molecular packing that underlies their complex structure remains obscure. Here, authors advance a theory that resolves a long-standing puzzle about their formation in block copolymers.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

About the journal