Molecular characterization of polymer networks

SPO Danielsen, HK Beech, S Wang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymer networks are complex systems consisting of molecular components. Whereas the
properties of the individual components are typically well understood by most chemists …

Design and properties of supramolecular polymer gels

A Noro, M Hayashi, Y Matsushita - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular polymer gels are precisely designed physical gels brought together by
reversible secondary interactions to form three dimensional networks of melt …

Chemical compatibilization, macro-, and microphase separation of heteroassociative polymers

SPO Danielsen - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
A mean-field equilibrium theory for reversible network formation due to heterotypic pairwise
interactions in mixtures of associative polymers is extended via a weak inhomogeneity …

Ionic compatibilization of polymers

GH Fredrickson, S Xie, J Edmund, ML Le, D Sun… - ACS polymers …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The small specific entropy of mixing of high molecular weight polymers implies that most
blends of dissimilar polymers are immiscible with poor physical properties. Historically, a …

Molecularly informed field theories from bottom-up coarse-graining

N Sherck, K Shen, M Nguyen, B Yoo, S Kohler… - ACS Macro …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymer formulations possessing mesostructures or phase coexistence are challenging to
simulate using atomistic particle-explicit approaches due to the disparate time and length …

Thermoreversible associating polymer networks. I. Interplay of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and polymer physics

RS Hoy, GH Fredrickson - The Journal of chemical physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Hybrid molecular dynamics/Monte Carlo simulations are used to study melts of unentangled,
thermoreversibly associating supramolecular polymers. In this first of a series of papers, we …

Morphology Evolution of PS-b-P2VP Diblock Copolymers via Supramolecular Assembly of Hydroxylated Gold Nanoparticles

SG Jang, A Khan, CJ Hawker, EJ Kramer - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report on the strong segregation of core–shell Au nanoparticles, with a shell layer
consisting of a random copolymer brush of styrene and vinylphenol (PS-r-PVPh-SH), in poly …

Phase behavior of complementary multiply hydrogen bonded end-functional polymer blends

KE Feldman, MJ Kade, EW Meijer, CJ Hawker… - …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Blends of diamidonaphthyridine (Napy) end-functional poly (n-butyl acrylate)(PnBA) and
ureidopyrimidinone (UPy) end-functional poly (benzyl methacrylate)(PbnMA) were studied …

Phase separation of supramolecular and dynamic block copolymers

MC Stuparu, A Khan, CJ Hawker - Polymer Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The growing synergy between supramolecular chemistry and polymer synthesis is driven by
the realization that the dynamic nature of non-covalent interactions may bring new …

An iSAFT Density Functional Theory for Associating Polyatomic Molecules

A Bymaster, WG Chapman - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2010 - ACS Publications
The inhomogeneous statistical associating fluid theory (i SAFT) is extended to associating
polyatomic molecular systems, using the inhomogeneous form of the association functional …