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Structure of Polymer Brushes in Cylindrical Tubes: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation

, 2006
Molecular Dynamics simulations of a coarse-grained bead-spring model of flexible macromolecules tethered with one end to the surface of a cylindrical pore are presented.
Binder, Kurt, Dimitrov, Dimitar I., Heermann, Dieter W., Milchev, Andrey   +3 more
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Polymer Infiltration Into SURMOF Channels Enables Hydrophobic and Solid‐Like Slippery Functional Thin Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We report a polymer‐chain insertion strategy to fabricate pore‐threaded MOF thin films with precisely tuned surface chemistry and wettability. Grafting n‐alkane chains into the pillared layer Cu2(bdc)2(dabco) MOF thin film's vertical nanochannels enhances water stability, and induces hydrophobicity and lubricant‐free, solid‐like slippery behavior ...
Angana Borbora, Modan Liu, Hartmut Gliemann, Uttam Manna, Christof Wöll   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficient Synthesis of Narrowly Dispersed Brush Polymers via Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Macromonomers [PDF]

, 2009
Various macromonomers (MMs) were efficiently synthesized through the copper-catalyzed “click” coupling of a norbornene moiety to the chain end of poly(methylacrylate), poly(t-butylacrylate), and polystyrene that were prepared using atom transfer radical ...
Grubbs, Robert H., Kornfield, Julia A., Xia, Yan   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A density functional study of the structure of tethered chains in a binary mixture [PDF]

, 2012
A density functional study of the structure of a layer formed by chain molecules pinned to a solid surface is presented. The chains are modeled as freely joined spheres. Segments and all components interact via Lennard-Jones (12-6) potential.
Borówko, M., Staszewski, T.
core   +3 more sources

Adaptive Hydrogels With Spatiotemporal Stiffening Using pH‐Modulating Enzymes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The chemomechanical coupling in an adaptive hydrogel is studied to further the development of adaptive hydrogels. This coupling is achieved by embedding a pH‐modulating enzyme in a pH‐responsive hydrogel. The enzymatic reaction can be triggered locally, which generates a pH‐decreasing wave throughout the system, increasing the crosslinking density and ...
Natascha Gray, Zoe Grämiger, André R. Studart, Rafael Libanori   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nanoparticles Functionalized with Polymer Brushes for Gene Delivery

Advanced NanoBiomed Research
Although the field of gene delivery has made tremendous progress, many obstacles remain to achieve safe, targeted, and controlled delivery and release of nucleic acids.
Carlos E. Neri‐Cruz, Julien E. Gautrot
doaj   +1 more source

Halide‐Dependent Photoluminescence and Heavy‐Atom Effects in Low‐Melting Organic–Inorganic Manganese Halides

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Two pyridinium‐based ionic liquid templated hybrid manganese halides, (C4Py)2[MnCl4] and (C4Py)2[MnBr4], display similar bulk structures but show significantly different photoluminescence behaviors due to the bromine heavy‐atom effect. Their stable local Mn environments remain intact even in the molten state, allowing applications such as luminescence ...
Biswajit Bhattacharyya, Christian Balischewski, Jiyong Kim, Tiago Duarte, Lianshe Fu, Rute A.S. Ferreira, Alkit Beqiraj, Iuliia Mikulska, Diego Gianolio, Eric Sperlich, Felix Stete, Wouter Koopman, Christina Günter, Katlen Brennenstuhl, Daniel Van Opdenbosch, Cordt Zollfrank, Armin Wedel, Beth J. Murray, Małgorzata Swadźba‐Kwaśny, Tillmann Klamroth, Michael U. Kumke, Verónica de Zea Bermudez, Andreas Taubert   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Assessment of the Durability of Glass and Polymer Mirrors for Concentrated Solar Thermal Technologies

SolarPACES Conference Proceedings
This paper describes experimental work that has been carried out to assess the durability of glass and polymer mirrors against erosion and soiling phenomena. Both outdoor and indoor tests have been performed and the results show that polymer mirrors are
Mounia Karim, Christopher Sansom, Peter King, Heather Almond, Zaharaddeen Hussaini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Absorption/Expulsion of Oligomers and Linear Macromolecules in a Polymer Brush

, 2010
The absorption of free linear chains in a polymer brush was studied with respect to chain size $L$ and compatibility $\chi$ with the brush by means of Monte Carlo (MC) simulations and Density Functional Theory (DFT) / Self-Consistent Field Theory (SCFT ...
A. Milchev, Brown H. R., Flory P., Halperin A., Hucknall A., K. Binder, Napper D. H., S. A. Egorov   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Dissipative particle dynamics study of solvent mediated transitions in pores decorated with tethered polymer brushes in the form of stripes [PDF]

, 2013
We study self-assembly of a binary mixture of components A and B confined in a slit-like pore with the walls modified by the stripes of tethered brushes made of beads of a sort A.
Ilnytskyi, Ja. M., Patsahan, T., Sokolowski, S.   +2 more
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