How does a polymer chain pass through a cylindrical pore under an elongational flow field?

L Li, Q Chen, F Jin, C Wu - Polymer, 2015 - Elsevier
How a polymer chain translocates through a cylindrical pore with its pore size smaller than
the chain size (ultrafiltration behavior) is a fundamental question in polymer physics …

Flow-induced translocation and conformational transition of polymer chains through nanochannels: Recent advances and future perspectives

M Ding, L Li - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
How polymer chains with different architectures translocate through narrow nanochannels
with the channel size much smaller than the chain size in flow fields remains a fundamental …

Mesoscale models of dispersions stabilized by surfactants and colloids

RGM Van Der Sman, MBJ Meinders - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper we discuss and give an outlook on numerical models describing dispersions,
stabilized by surfactants and colloidal particles. Examples of these dispersions are foams …

The translocation of a polymer through a nanopore with sandglass‐like geometry

JL Qian, H Li, LZ Sun - Journal of Polymer Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, non‐uniformly geometrical nanopores, such as conical nanopores, have
gained significant attention in nanopore sensing technology due to their advantages in …

Entropy production in thermal phase separation: a kinetic-theory approach

Y Zhang, A Xu, G Zhang, Y Gan, Z Chen, S Succi - Soft matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Entropy production during the process of thermal phase-separation of multiphase flows is
investigated by means of a discrete Boltzmann kinetic model. The entropy production rate is …

Penetration of Polyelectrolytes into Charged Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgel Layers Confined between Two Surfaces

MR Islam, MJ Serpe - Macromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
pH and temperature sensitive poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(pNIPAm) microgel-based
etalons were fabricated by sandwiching a “monolithic” microgel layer between two …

Mechanisms of flow-induced polymer translocation

Z Wang, R Wang, Y Lu, L An, AC Shi, ZG Wang - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Flow-induced translocation of linear and ring polymers is studied by using a combination of
multiparticle collision dynamics and molecular dynamics. The results show that both end …

Exploration of neutral versus polyelectrolyte behavior of poly (ethylene glycol) s in alkali ion solutions using single-nanopore recording

MF Breton, F Discala, L Bacri, D Foster… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We examine the effect of alkali ions (Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+) on the partitioning of neutral
and flexible poly (ethylene glycol) into the alpha-hemolysin (α-HL) nanopore for a large …

Flow-induced ring polymer translocation through nanopores

M Ding, X Duan, Y Lu, T Shi - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
We investigate the flow-induced linear and ring polymer translocation through nanopores
using a hybrid simulation method that combines a lattice-Boltzmann approach for the fluid …

Molecular chaperone-dependent polymer translocation through nanopores: the effects of chaperone concentration and chaperone-polymer interaction

CS Zuo, K Wang, LZ Sun, TT Sun - Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2024 - Springer
The polymer translocation through a nanopore from a donor space (or named cis side) to a
receiver space (trans side) in the chaperone-induced crowded environment has attracted …