Abstract
Self-assembly behavior of the blends of AB diblock copolymers and C homopolymers in soft confinement is studied by using a simulated annealing method. Polymer solution droplets in a poor solvent environment realize the soft confinement. Several sequences of soft confinement-induced copolymer aggregates with different shapes and internal structures are predicted as functions of the size of confinement, the number ratio of AB diblock copolymers to C homopolymers, the volume fraction of blocks, the selectivity of confinement's surface, the incompatibility between blocks, and the competition between two block-homopolymer interactions. Simulation results demonstrate that those factors are able to tune the morphology of the aggregates precisely. We anticipate the rules achieved here is helpful to fabrication of polymeric particle with predesigned morphology.
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