Recent advances on the structure–properties relationship of multiblock copolymers

GP Baeza - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multiblock copolymers represent a fascinating class of materials that sits at the very heart of
industrial applications and fundamental polymer science. They are most often made of a …

Multi-scale coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation to investigate the thermo-mechanical behavior of shape-memory polyurethane copolymers

S Park, J Moon, B Kim, M Cho - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
Shape-memory polyurethanes (SMPUs) are smart semi-crystalline polymers with heat-
induced shape memory. The segmented SMPU copolymer simulated in this study consisted …

Coarse-grained molecular simulation of the role of curing rates on the structure and strength of polyurea

M Liu, J Ye, J Oswald - Computational Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a reactive coarse-grained model that can more accurately simulate the interplay
between step-growth polymerization and phase segregation in elastomeric copolymers such …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the shape-memory mechanism of thermoplastic polyurethane by investigating the phase-separated morphology: A dissipative particle …

S Park, J Lee, M Cho, YS Lee, H Chung, S Yang - Polymer Testing, 2024 - Elsevier
Shape-memory polyurethanes (SMPUs) are promising materials that change shape in
response to external heat. These polymers have a dual-segment structure: a hard segment …

A coarse-grained model for epoxy molding compound

S Yang, Z Cui, J Qu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2014 - ACS Publications
We present a coarse-grained model for molecular dynamics simulations of an epoxy system
composed of epoxy phenol novolac as epoxy monomer and bisphenol-A as the cross …

Coarse–grained molecular modeling of the microphase structure of polyurea elastomer

M Liu, J Oswald - Polymer, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a structure–matching coarse–grained model of polyurea, similar to united atom
models, in which hydrogen atoms are implicitly represented. The model was trained using …

Large strain micromechanics of thermoplastic elastomers with random microstructures

H Cho, J Lee, J Moon, E Pöselt, GC Rutledge… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) are block copolymeric materials composed of
plastomeric “hard” and elastomeric “soft” domains, by which they exhibit highly resilient yet …

Sticky rouse time features the self-adhesion of supramolecular polymer networks

Z Shen, H Ye, Q Wang, M Kröger, Y Li - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular polymers are fascinating materials due to their strikingly self-healing
capabilities empowered by reversible bonds. However, due to the lack of knowledge about …

Insight into the Fracture Properties and Molecular Mechanism of Polyurethane

R Ma, Y Wang, H Huang, X Zhao, X Li, L Zhang… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polyurethane (PU) has an excellent mechanical property due to its unique microphase
separated structure, but the molecular mechanism is still unclear. In this work, a multiscale …

Mechanical properties of hard–soft block copolymers calculated from coarse‐grained molecular dynamics models

M Zhang, Z Cui… - Journal of Polymer …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To relate the mechanical responses of hard–soft copolymer systems with their
microstructures, a coarse‐grained molecular dynamics approach is employed, and …