Self-Consistent Field Theory and Its Applications by M. W. Matsen

Index
action 17
binodal point 46
block copolymer microstructure 5, 64
boundary conditions 34
Bragg condition 50
Brazovskii fluctuations 72
chemical potential 55
classical path 15, 18
classical phases 64
complex phases 64
composition fluctuations 72
conformational asymmetry 67
copolymer 3
course-grained segment 8
course-grained trajectory 11
critical point 46
degree of polymerization 4, 11
diffusion equation 13
dimensionless segment concentration 11
Dirac δ function 75
double-tangent construction 46
elastic free energy 15
end-segment distribution 27
end-to-end vector 7
Euler-Lagrange equation 76
exclusion zone 69
Flory-Huggins free energy 45
Fourier transform 21
freely-jointed chain 7
functional 74
functional derivative 75
functional integration 76
Gaussian chain model 9
ground-state dominance 20
homopolymer 3
Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation 73
incompressibility constraint 34, 42
indistinguishability 43
interaction χ parameter 42
interfacial tension 51, 54
interfacial width 51, 54, 63, 68
internal energy 42
invariant polymerization index 11
Landau-Ginzburg free energy 21, 24, 72
Lennard-Jones potential 42
lever rule 46
macrophase separation 45
method of steepest descent 33
microphase separation 57
monomer 3
nucleation and growth 46
orthonormal basis functions 19
polymer brush 5, 25
polymer interface 5
random-phase approximation 23
saddle point 33
scattering function 49, 60
self-consistent field condition 44, 55
sifting property 76
spectral method 18, 36, 50, 61
spinodal decomposition 46
spinodal point 46