Biomolecular condensates, some of which are liquid-like during health, can age over time
becoming gel-like pathological systems. One potential source of loss of liquid-like properties …

Rotaxanes consisting of a high‐molecular‐weight axle and wheel components (macro‐
rotaxanes) have high structural freedom, and are attractive for soft‐material applications …

Biomolecular condensates are important contributors to the internal organization of the cell
material. While initially described as liquid-like droplets, the term biomolecular condensates …

It is well known that the local orientation order plays a key role in stretch-induced nucleation
and crystal growth of polymer melts, where a competition between chain orientation and …

Extensive molecular simulations are applied to characterize the equilibrium dynamics,
entanglement topology, and nonlinear extensional rheology of symmetric ring-linear …

Threading of a linear chain through a ring has been known to have a strong effect on
slowing the dynamics of the ring. To enhance the toughness of soft materials using ring …

We performed all-atom molecular dynamics simulations on poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG)
hydrogels to microscopically confirm the recently discovered “negative energetic …

Polymers are an effective test bed for studying topological constraints in condensed matter
due to a wide array of synthetically available chain topologies. When linear and ring …

Maturation of functional liquid‐like biomolecular condensates into solid‐like aggregates has
been linked to the onset of several neurodegenerative disorders. Low‐complexity aromatic …

Threading is a unique topological state in linear/ring polymer blends (LRB), which is
considered to be essential for evaluating both the static and dynamic properties of ring …