Recent progress in the field of a versatile and common system in soft matter physics,
namely, star-shaped polyelectrolytes, is reviewed. These charged macromolecules combine …

Polymer-based “non-stick” surfaces have been proposed as the next generation of effective
and environmentally-friendly coating materials for protecting implanted biomedical devices …

The paper describes the pH-dependent self-assembly of a diblock copolymer, poly (2-
vinylpyridine)-block-poly (ethylene oxide), P2VP–PEO in aqueous media using computer …

We systematically investigated the structural and dynamic properties of nanofilled elastomer
on the basis of the idealized model of elastomer and nanoparticle. The simulated results …

The multivalent salt dependent behaviors of a charged dendrimer in solution are
investigated by molecular dynamics simulations with explicit free ions. We find that the …

Brownian dynamics simulations were carried out to explore the self-assembly of amphiphilic
copolymers composed of a linear hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail with different …

The complexation of poly (dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)-block-poly (styrene) micelles
with poly (styrenesulfonate) homopolymers was investigated in aqueous buffer at pH 4.5 as …

Owing to the important roles of chemical gates in biological systems, the biomimetic design
of artificial switchable nanodevices has been attracting tremendous interest. Here, we …

The chemical feedback between building blocks in templated polymerization of diblock
copolymers and their consecutive micellization was studied for the first time by means of …

In this paper we discuss the stability behavior of spherical polyelectrolyte brushes (SPB) in
the presence of trivalent lanthanum counterions. Stability behavior is measured through the …