Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations of Toroidal Structure Formations of Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers

2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (47) ◽  
pp. 14762-14765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuejin Li ◽  
Mingge Deng ◽  
Yuan Liu ◽  
Haojun Liang
RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (71) ◽  
pp. 58024-58031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Zhou ◽  
Honggang Xia ◽  
Yang Zhou ◽  
Xianggui Xue ◽  
Shikai Luo

Due to the great potential in the field of multifunctional nanoreactors and carriers, several previous works have shown the interesting morphologies of multicompartment micelles from simple linear ABC triblock copolymers in solutions.


e-Polymers ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqiang Liu ◽  
Chun Zhou ◽  
Honggang Xia ◽  
Yang Zhou ◽  
Weidong Jiang

AbstractAlthough a great deal of unique nanostructures were already obtained from polymer self-assemblies in terms of conventional parameters, the self-assembly under the confinement is still not well understood. Here, dissipative particle dynamics simulations were used to explore the self-assemble behaviors of linear ABC triblock copolymers under rigid spherical confinements. First several unusual morphologies, such as multilayer onion, coupled helix, and stacked lamella, were distinguished from the total 210 simulations. Second, the influences of three important parameters (block sequence, wall selectivity, and spherical radius) on the morphologies were discussed in detail. Finally, the dynamics evolution of several typical aggregates was examined. This simulation enriches micelle morphologies for the self-assembly of linear ABC triblock copolymers under rigid spherical confinements and is helpful to understand the formation of valuable nanostructures from linear ABC terpolymers.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1516
Author(s):  
Dongmei Liu ◽  
Kai Gong ◽  
Ye Lin ◽  
Tao Liu ◽  
Yu Liu ◽  
...  

We investigated the interfacial properties of symmetric ternary An/AmBm/Bn and An/Am/2BmAm/2/Bn polymeric blends by means of dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations. We systematically analyzed the effects of composition, chain length, and concentration of the copolymers on the interfacial tensions, interfacial widths, and the structures of each polymer component in the blends. Our simulations show that: (i) the efficiency of the copolymers in reducing the interfacial tension is highly dependent on their compositions. The triblock copolymers are more effective in reducing the interfacial tension compared to that of the diblock copolymers at the same chain length and concentration; (ii) the interfacial tension of the blends increases with increases in the triblock copolymer chain length, which indicates that the triblock copolymers with a shorter chain length exhibit a better performance as the compatibilizers compared to that of their counterparts with longer chain lengths; and (iii) elevating the triblock copolymer concentration can promote copolymer enrichment at the center of the interface, which enlarges the width of the phase interfaces and reduces the interfacial tension. These findings illustrate the correlations between the efficiency of copolymer compatibilizers and their detailed molecular parameters.


2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin R. Spaeth ◽  
Todd Dale ◽  
Ioannis G. Kevrekidis ◽  
Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos

Soft Matter ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (36) ◽  
pp. 6178-6188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haina Tan ◽  
Chunyang Yu ◽  
Zhongyuan Lu ◽  
Yongfeng Zhou ◽  
Deyue Yan

This work discloses for the first time the self-assembly phase diagrams of amphiphilic hyperbranched multiarm copolymers in various solvents by dissipative particle dynamics simulations.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (66) ◽  
pp. 41787-41787
Author(s):  
Yue Ma ◽  
Yuxiang Wang ◽  
Xuejian Deng ◽  
Guanggang Zhou ◽  
Shah Khalid ◽  
...  

Correction for ‘Dissipative particle dynamics and molecular dynamics simulations on mesoscale structure and proton conduction in a SPEEK/PVDF-g-PSSA membrane’ by Yue Ma et al., RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 39676–39684.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (63) ◽  
pp. 39676-39684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Ma ◽  
Yuxiang Wang ◽  
Xuejian Deng ◽  
Guanggang Zhou ◽  
Sha Khalid ◽  
...  

The blend morphologies evolve from disordered small particles to a regular PVDF cluster network, which were connected by SPEEK cylindrical channels.


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