Unexpected folding of bottlebrush polymers in melts

S Nian, B Huang, G Freychet, M Zhernenkov… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bottlebrush molecules are branched polymers with a long linear backbone densely grafted
by many relatively short linear side chains. Such a unique molecular architecture enables …

Beyond Traditional Stimuli: Exploring Salt-Responsive Bottlebrush Polymers─ Trends, Applications, and Perspectives

S Basak, R Chatterjee, A Bandyopadhyay - ACS omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bottlebrush polymers represent an important class of high-density side-chain-grafted
polymers traditionally with high molecular weights, in which one or more polymeric side …

Influence of network defects on the conformational structure of nanogel particles: From “closed compact” to “open fractal” nanogel particles

A Chremos, F Horkay, JF Douglas - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We propose an approach to generate a wide range of randomly branched polymeric
structures to gain general insights into how polymer topology encodes a configurational …

Structure and elasticity of model disordered, polydisperse, and defect-free polymer networks

V Sorichetti, A Ninarello, J Ruiz-Franco… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The elasticity of disordered and polydisperse polymer networks is a fundamental problem of
soft matter physics that is still open. Here, we self-assemble polymer networks via …

Conformation of a comb-like chain in solution: effect of backbone rigidity

X Mai, P Hao, D Liu, M Ding - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
We study the effect of backbone rigidity on the conformation of comb-like chains in dilute
solution by using Brownian dynamics simulations. Our results demonstrate that the …

Melt properties and string model description of glass formation in graft polymers of different side-chain lengths

X Xu, WS Xu - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Graft polymers have attracted growing interest due to their unique properties, but a
fundamental understanding of their glass formation remains to be established. We perform …

Approach to hyperuniformity in a metallic glass-forming material exhibiting a fragile to strong glass transition

H Zhang, X Wang, J Zhang, HB Yu… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
We investigate a metallic glass-forming (GF) material (Al90Sm10) exhibiting a fragile-strong
(FS) glass-formation by molecular dynamics simulation to better understand this highly …

Structure and properties of bottlebrush polyelectrolyte complexes

KC Stevens, MV Tirrell - Journal of Polymer Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Structural variation of polyelectrolytes has been shown to play an important role in altering
polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) properties in recent years. However, molecular‐level details …

Mesoscale modeling of agglomeration of molecular bottlebrushes: focus on conformations and clustering criteria

S Tu, CK Choudhury, M Giltner, I Luzinov, O Kuksenok - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Using dissipative particle dynamics, we characterize dynamics of aggregation of molecular
bottlebrushes in solvents of various qualities by tracking the number of clusters, the size of …

Determination of Hydrophobic Polymer Clustering in Concentrated Aqueous Solutions through Single-Particle Tracking Diffusion Studies

H Landfield, M Wang - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent interactions allow associating polymers to self-assemble into structures that
assist in applications such as contaminant removal and drug delivery. Using single-particle …