Catalysis by metallic nanoparticles in solution: Thermosensitive microgels as nanoreactors

R Roa, S Angioletti-Uberti, Y Lu, J Dzubiella… - Zeitschrift für …, 2018 - degruyter.com
Metallic nanoparticles have been used as catalysts for various reactions, and the huge
literature on the subject is hard to overlook. In many applications, the nanoparticles must be …

Active diffusion of self-propelled particles in flexible polymer networks

Y Kim, S Joo, WK Kim, JH Jeon - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biopolymer networks having a meshwork topology, eg, extracellular matrices and mucus
gels, are ubiquitous. Understanding the diffusion mechanism of self-propelled agents …

Chromophore amphiphile–polyelectrolyte hybrid hydrogels for photocatalytic hydrogen production

H Sai, A Erbas, A Dannenhoffer, D Huang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hybrid systems based on covalent polymers and supramolecular assemblies offer unique
opportunities for functional materials based on the pathway-dependent dynamic structures …

Permeability of polymer membranes beyond linear response

WK Kim, S Milster, R Roa, M Kanduc… - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
The permeability of a membrane to solute penetrants is well defined on the linear response
level simply as the ratio of penetrants' flux and concentration gradient at the membrane …

Coarse-grained simulations of solute diffusion in crosslinked flexible hydrogels

M Quesada-Pérez, JA Maroto-Centeno… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this work, the longtime diffusion of a solute in a chemically crosslinked and flexible
hydrogel is computed from a coarse-grained model of a polymeric network. The effects of …

Tuning the selective permeability of polydisperse polymer networks

WK Kim, R Chudoba, S Milster, R Roa, M Kanduč… - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the permeability and selectivity ('permselectivity') of model membranes made of
polydisperse polymer networks for molecular penetrant transport, using coarse-grained …

[HTML][HTML] Tuning the permeability of regular polymeric networks by the cross-link ratio

S Milster, WK Kim, M Kanduč… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The amount of cross-linking in the design of polymer materials is a key parameter for the
modification of numerous physical properties, importantly, the permeability to molecular …

Tuning the permeability of dense membranes by shaping nanoscale potentials

WK Kim, M Kanduč, R Roa, J Dzubiella - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
Permeability is one of the most fundamental transport properties in soft matter physics,
material engineering, and nanofluidics. Here, we report by means of Langevin simulations of …

Concentration-dependent swelling and structure of ionic microgels: simulation and theory of a coarse-grained model

TJ Weyer, AR Denton - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We study swelling and structural properties of ionic microgel suspensions within a
comprehensive coarse-grained model that combines the polymeric and colloidal natures of …

Modeling of stimuli-responsive nanoreactors: rational rate control towards the design of colloidal enzymes

M Kanduč, WK Kim, R Roa, J Dzubiella - Molecular Systems Design & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In modern applications of heterogeneous liquid-phase nanocatalysis, the catalysts (eg,
metal nanoparticles) need to be typically affixed to a colloidal carrier system for stability and …