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DESCRIPTION:Block copolymers are known for their elaborate microphase separ
 ating capabilities. Due to the many tuning parameters a predictive modelli
 ng approach is required. Molecular dynamics for such large system sizes is
  expensive. On the other hand\, self-consistent field theory is capable of
  simulating much larger systems\, but its mean-field based approximation o
 nly becomes correct when the chain density becomes unrealistically high. A
 s a result some experimental effects such as a first order order-to-disord
 er phase transition are not reproduced. Field-theoretic simulations\, wher
 e fields are not constrained to their mean field value but allowed to fluc
 tuate\, bridge the gap between these methods. I will give an introduction 
 into this method\, with some of the associated phenomena such as the ultra
 violet divergence\, and successful applications in symmetric block copolym
 ers and block copolymer-homopolymer blends.\nVortragende(r): Prof. Bart Vo
 rselaars
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ORGANIZER;CN=Kostas Daoulas:mailto:daoulas@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
SUMMARY:Field theoretic simulations of block copolymers at realistic molecu
 lar weights
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