Visualizing the double-gyroid twin

dc.citation.articleNumbere2018977118en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber12en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber118en_US
dc.contributor.authorFeng, Xueyanen_US
dc.contributor.authorZhuo, Mujinen_US
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Huaen_US
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Edwin L.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-21T15:46:21Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-04-21T15:46:21Zen_US
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractPeriodic gyroid network materials have many interesting properties (band gaps, topologically protected modes, superior charge and mass transport, and outstanding mechanical properties) due to the space-group symmetries and their multichannel triply continuous morphology. The three-dimensional structure of a twin boundary in a self-assembled polystyrene-b-polydimethylsiloxane (PS-PDMS) double-gyroid (DG) forming diblock copolymer is directly visualized using dual-beam scanning microscopy. The reconstruction clearly shows that the intermaterial dividing surface (IMDS) is smooth and continuous across the boundary plane as the pairs of chiral PDMS networks suddenly change their handedness. The boundary plane therefore acts as a topological mirror. The morphology of the normally chiral nodes and strut loops within the networks is altered in the twin-boundary plane with the formation of three new types of achiral nodes and the appearance of two new classes of achiral loops. The boundary region shares a very similar surface/volume ratio and distribution of the mean and Gaussian curvatures of the IMDS as the adjacent ordered DG grain regions, suggesting the twin is a low-energy boundary.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFeng, Xueyan, Zhuo, Mujin, Guo, Hua, et al.. "Visualizing the double-gyroid twin." <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,</i> 118, no. 12 (2021) National Academy of Sciences: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018977118.en_US
dc.identifier.digitale2018977118en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018977118en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110301en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciencesen_US
dc.rightsThis open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND).en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.titleVisualizing the double-gyroid twinen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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