Cells sense biophysical cues in the micro-environment and respond to the cues
biochemically and biophysically. Proper responses from cells are critical to maintain the …

The motion of nanoparticles in a polymer matrix is dictated by the intricate coupling of the
nanoparticles and surrounding polymers. Various length-and time-scale dependent features …

Dynamic properties play an important role in designing functional polymer nanocomposites,
impacting molecular transport and phase separation kinetics. When nanoparticle (NP) size …

Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy and small-angle neutron scattering recently
have revealed that the well-known thermoreversible gelation of methylcellulose (MC) in …

The weight-average molecular weight M w, z-average radius of gyration R g, and second
virial coefficient A 2 have been determined between 15 and 52° C for dilute aqueous …

We use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the tracer diffusion in a sea of
polymers with specific binding zones for the tracer. These binding zones act as traps. Our …

We investigate the mobility of polystyrene particles ranging from 100 to 790 nm in diameter
in dilute and semidilute sodium polystyrene sulfonate (NaPSS) solutions using fluorescence …

We employ all-atom molecular dynamics simulations up to microsecond time scales to study
diffusion of fullerene nanoparticles (C60 and its derivative PCBM) in a polyimide matrix …

The cell interior is a crowded chemical space, which limits the diffusion of molecules and
organelles within the cytoplasm, affecting the rates of chemical reactions. We provide insight …

We report Brownian dynamics simulations of tracer diffusion in regularly crosslinked polymer
networks in order to elucidate the transport of a tracer particle in polymer networks. The …