04482nam 22008175 450 991030041990332120200705034202.03-319-19399-610.1007/978-3-319-19399-1(CKB)3710000000434380(EBL)2120652(OCoLC)911266415(SSID)ssj0001525212(PQKBManifestationID)11900766(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001525212(PQKBWorkID)11497517(PQKB)11721804(DE-He213)978-3-319-19399-1(MiAaPQ)EBC2120652(PPN)186401493(EXLCZ)99371000000043438020150618d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFundamentals of Phase Separation in Polymer Blend Thin Films /by Sam Coveney1st ed. 2015.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (179 p.)Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053"Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Sheffield, UK."3-319-19398-8 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Development of Theory for Bulk Polymer-Blend Systems.-  Development of Theory for Polymer-Blend Thin Films -- Hamiltonian Phase Portraits for Polymer-Blend Thin Films -- Lateral Phase Separation via Surface Bifurcation -- Coupled Surface Roughening and Phase Separation. This work sheds new light on fundamental aspects of phase separation in polymer-blend thin films. A key feature underlying the theoretical models is the unification of one-dimensional thermodynamic phase equilibria with film evolution phenomena in two- and three dimensions. Initially, an established 'phase portrait' method, useful for visualising and calculating phase equilibria of polymer-blend films, is generalised to systems without convenient simplifying symmetries. Thermodynamic equilibria alone are then used to explain a film roughening mechanism in which laterally coexisting phases can have different depths in order to minimise free energy. The phase portraits are then utilised to demonstrate that simulations of lateral phase separation via a transient wetting layer, which conform very well with experiments, can be satisfactorily explained by 1D phase equilibria and a 'surface bifurcation' mechanism. Lastly, a novel 3D model of coupled phase separation and dewetting is developed, which demonstrates that surface roughening shadows phase separation in thin films.Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053Phase transitions (Statistical physics)ThermodynamicsMaterials—SurfacesThin filmsPolymers  Surfaces (Physics)Interfaces (Physical sciences)Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systemshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P25099Thermodynamicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P21050Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Filmshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Z19000Polymer Scienceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C22008Surface and Interface Science, Thin Filmshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P25160Phase transitions (Statistical physics).Thermodynamics.Materials—Surfaces.Thin films.Polymers  .Surfaces (Physics).Interfaces (Physical sciences).Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.Thermodynamics.Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.Polymer Sciences.Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.547.7046Coveney Samauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut792296MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910300419903321Fundamentals of Phase Separation in Polymer Blend Thin Films1771581UNINA