Crystalandphasemorphologiesandstructuresdeterminedbyself-organizationofcrystalline-amorphousdiblockcopolymers,crystallizationofthecrystallizableblocks,andvitrificationoftheamorphousblocksarereviewedthroughasystematicstudyonaseriesofpoly(ethyleneoxide)-b-polystyrene(PEO-b-PS)diblockcopolymers.Onthebaseofcompetitionsamongthesethreeprocesses,molecularandsupramolecularorderinginconfinedenvironmentscanbeinvestigated.Inaconcentration-fluctuation-induceddisordered(DCF)diblockcopolymer,thecompetitionbetweencrystalli-zationofthePEOblocksandvitrificationofthePSblocksismomtoredbytime-resolvedsimultaneoussmallangleX-rayscattering(SAXS)andwideangleX-raydiffraction(WAXD)techniques.InthecaseofTc