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Investigating The Role Of Topological Frustration On Morphology Of Novel Multiblock Copolymers, Rohit Gupta

Doctoral Dissertations

Multiblock copolymers have gained considerable attention due to their ability to offer immense potential for designing soft materials with complex architectures for diverse applications. The enlarged parameter space offered by these multiblock copolymers gives access to a wide variety of multiply continuous morphologies which can be used to produce highly ordered nanostructures. The investigation on multiblock copolymers has been subjected to two critical limitations: (i) A suitable synthetic strategy for accessing these structures and (ii) computational tools which can help in application driven design of these molecules. In this dissertation, the goal was to develop methodologies for the synthesis of …