Phase Behavior of Amphiphilic Lipid Molecules at Air−Water Interfaces:  An Off-Lattice Self-Consistent-Field Modeling

2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (7) ◽  
pp. 2119-2127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Lauw ◽  
A. Kovalenko ◽  
M. Stepanova
Keyword(s):  
Phase Behavior ◽  
Field Modeling ◽  
Consistent Field ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
Self Consistent Field

Tetragonal phase of cylinders self-assembled from binary blends of AB diblock and (A′B)nstar copolymers

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (37) ◽  
pp. 25754-25763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenbo Jiang ◽  
Yicheng Qiang ◽  
Meijiao Liu ◽  
Weihua Li ◽  
Feng Qiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Phase Behavior ◽  
Tetragonal Phase ◽  
Binary Blends ◽  
Consistent Field ◽  
Star Copolymers ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
Self Consistent Field ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Self Consistent Field Theory

The phase behavior of binary blends composed of AB diblock and (A′B)nstar copolymers is studied using the polymeric self-consistent field theory, focusing on the formation and stability of the stable tetragonal phase of cylinders.

Capillary Adhesion in the Limit of Saturation:  Thermodynamics, Self-Consistent Field Modeling and Experiment†

Langmuir ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 1308-1317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joris Sprakel ◽  
Nicolaas A. M. Besseling ◽  
Martien A. Cohen Stuart ◽  
Frans A. M. Leermakers
Keyword(s):  
Capillary Adhesion ◽  
Field Modeling ◽  
Consistent Field ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
Self Consistent Field

scholarly journals Mechanical Unfolding of a Homopolymer Globule Studied by Self-Consistent Field Modeling

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (14) ◽  
pp. 5360-5371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexey A. Polotsky ◽  
Marat I. Charlaganov ◽  
Frans A. M. Leermakers ◽  
Mohamed Daoud ◽  
Oleg V. Borisov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Modeling ◽  
Consistent Field ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
Self Consistent Field

scholarly journals Self-Consistent Field Modeling of Pulling a Test-Chain away from or Pushing It into a Polymer Adsorption Layer

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fransicus A.M. Leermakers
Keyword(s):  
Adsorption Layer ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Polymer Concentration ◽  
Critical Force ◽  
Average Chain Length ◽  
Single Chain ◽  
Field Modeling ◽  
Consistent Field ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
Self Consistent Field

We consider single chain force measurements to unravel characteristics of polymers at interfaces and to determine parameters that control adsorption or probe layer characteristics that are difficult to access otherwise. The idea is to have at the tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM), a probe chain and measure its behaviour near interfaces by pushing it to, or pulling it away from it. The self-consistent field modeling of this reveals that in the pulling mode—i.e., when the chain has an affinity for the surface—a typically inhomogeneous flower-like conformation forms with an adsorbed ’pancake’ and a stretched stem (tether) from the surface to the tip of the AFM. When about half the segments is in the tether it snaps loose in a first-order like fashion. The critical distance of the end-point from the surface and the critical force are experimentally accessible. Details of this transition depend on the surrounding of the test chain. Inversely, and this opens up many possibilities, the test chain reports about its surroundings. Our focus is on the classical case of homopolymers at interfaces. Pulling experiments may reveal the adsorption strength, the (average) chain length and/or the polymer concentration of the freely dispersed/adsorbed polymers. When the test-chain is non-adsorbing we envision that pushing this test-chain into the adsorption layer reports about various layer characteristics such as the layer thickness and (local) density. Moreover, when the test-chain has a length longer than the entanglement length, we can imagine that non-trivial dynamical properties of loops and tails may be scrutinised.

Phase behavior of electrostatically complexed polyelectrolyte gels using an embedded fluctuation model

Soft Matter ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1214-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra J. Audus ◽  
Jeffrey D. Gopez ◽  
Daniel V. Krogstad ◽  
Nathaniel A. Lynd ◽  
Edward J. Kramer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Behavior ◽  
Polyelectrolyte Gels ◽  
Consistent Field ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
Self Consistent Field ◽  
Self Consistent Field Theory ◽  
Responsive Hydrogels ◽  
Oppositely Charged ◽  
Fluctuation Model ◽  
Triblock Polymers

We explore the phase behavior of responsive hydrogels made of oppositely charged triblock polymers in aqueous solution using both a new embedded fluctuation model coupled with self-consistent field theory simulations and experiments.

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