Electrostatic Effects on Charged Block Copolymer Melts

Electrostatic interactions can enrich the phase behaviors of charged block copolymer melts. However, due to limitations of simulation techniques and theoretic tools, the phase behavior of charged block copolymers remains elusive. In this talk we implement the event-chain Monte Carlo (ECMC) algorithm to describe charged block copolymer melts. ECMC is a new simulation technique which satisfies the maximum global balance and is good for systems with long relaxation time. Equipped with cell-veto method, ECMC can achieve O(N) time complexity for each cycle. Our work shows that ECMC is a promising approach to describe charged copolymer systems.