Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.110, No.17, 8225-8228, 1999
Double flip of orientation for a lamellar diblock copolymer under shear
Lamellar diblock copolymers are investigated under large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) at temperatures close to the order-disorder transition temperature (T-ODT). Increasing strain amplitude leads to a double flip of orientation. The state of orientation depends on an effective shear rate as in similar experiments on lyotropic lamellar phases.