Defects and defect engineering in Soft Matter
Soft matter covers a wide range of materials based on linear or branched polymers, gels and
rubbers, amphiphilic (macro) molecules, colloids, and self-assembled structures. These …
rubbers, amphiphilic (macro) molecules, colloids, and self-assembled structures. These …
[HTML][HTML] Self-contracting oxidized starch/gelatin hydrogel for noninvasive wound closure and wound healing
Q Mao, O Hoffmann, K Yu, F Lu, G Lan, F Dai… - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Major challenges in traditional wound closure methods (eg using sutures and skin staplers)
remain inadequately unaddressed; these invasive treatments induce extra puncture …
remain inadequately unaddressed; these invasive treatments induce extra puncture …
Increasing N2200 charge transport mobility to improve performance of all polymer solar cells by forming a percolation network structure
Y Yan, Y Liu, Q Zhang, Y Han - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The poor electron transport ability of the polymer acceptor is one of the factors restricting the
performance of all-polymer solar cells. The percolation network of conjugated polymers can …
performance of all-polymer solar cells. The percolation network of conjugated polymers can …
Stereoselective gridization and polygridization with centrosymmetric molecular packing
D Lin, Y Wei, A Peng, H Zhang, C Zhong, D Lu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The gridarenes, with well-defined edges and vertices, represent versatile nanoscale
building blocks for the installation of frameworks and architectures but suffer from difficulty in …
building blocks for the installation of frameworks and architectures but suffer from difficulty in …
Photoresponsive chain collapse in a flexo–rigid functional copolymer to modulate the self-healing behaviour
Synthetic systems mimicking the natural self-folding process are attractive to impart multiple
structural control over polymer crosslinking and the subsequent alteration of their …
structural control over polymer crosslinking and the subsequent alteration of their …
Quantum Coherence and Its Signatures in Extended Quantum Systems
Quantum coherence controls almost every aspect of static and dynamic response of a
strongly correlated quantum system, although details of this control have not been …
strongly correlated quantum system, although details of this control have not been …
Non-monotonic dependence of polymer chain dynamics on active crowder size
X Liu, H Jiang, Z Hou - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Configuration dynamics of flexible polymer chains is of ubiquitous importance in many
biological processes. Here, we investigate a polymer chain immersed in a bath of size …
biological processes. Here, we investigate a polymer chain immersed in a bath of size …
Modulating the optical band gap of small semiconducting two-dimensional materials by conjugated polymers
CK Liao, J Phan, H Martinez-Barron, MA Mahmoud - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ultra-high-resolution optical microscopic techniques are used to measure the reflectance
and photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of individual monolayered MoS2 of dimensions …
and photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of individual monolayered MoS2 of dimensions …
Global and target analysis of relaxation processes of the collapsed state of P3HT polymer nanoparticles
Organic–inorganic heterostructure materials have received significant research interest for
designing light harvesting devices because of their efficient charge separation. Here, we …
designing light harvesting devices because of their efficient charge separation. Here, we …
Effect of thermal annealing on conformation of MEH-PPV chains in polymer matrix: Coexistence of H-and J-Aggregates
S Hu, Y Liao, Y Zhang, X Yan, Z Zhao, W Chen… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
In diluted solid solution using poly (2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1, 4-phenylenevinylene)(
MEH-PPV) and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) or polystyrene (PS), both aggregated and …
MEH-PPV) and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) or polystyrene (PS), both aggregated and …