Diblock copolymers in a cylindrical pore

We show that a simple Ginzburg-Landau type theory can predict a tremendous rich zoo of diblock copolymer morphologies in cylindrical nanopores. Using the cell dynamics simulation we study in detail lamellar-, cylinder-, and eventually sphere-forming diblock copolymers melts in cylindrical nanopores. A very fast simulation method is proposed to be used as a research precursor for more elaborate computational techniques. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3264946]