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Enhanced sampling of cylindrical microphase separation via a shell-averaged bond-orientational order parameter

Bumjoon Seo, Min Young Ha, Ji Woong Yu, Won Bo Lee*

Soft MatterVol. 16, No. 3, pp. 659-667(2020)DOI
Polymer Physics

Abstract

A shell-averaged bond-orientational order parameter accelerates the sampling of cylindrical microphase separation in block copolymer systems, resolving both the equilibrium hexagonal phase and a metastable disordered-cylinder intermediate.