Figure 6.
TEM images of fPS = 0.50 PS-P2VP diblock nanocomposite containing PS-functionalized Au particles with particle volume fraction (a) 0.10 and (b) 0.35. Total particle size including the PS shell is 2.6 times that of the Au cores seen as black dots in the TEM images. Hybrid particle-field (HPF) simulation results (right column) show monomer volume fractions representing PS (light), P2VP (dark), particles (black). Simulation parameters: fPS = 0.5, Flory parameter (χ) for PS-P2VP diblock χ = 0.16, λ = 0.16, and particle area fraction (c) 0.04 and (d) 0.18. The particle configurations shown are representative of those obtained based on several independent runs for a given nanoparticle density. Reprinted with permission from ref. [71] Copyright 2006 by the American Physical Society.