Adsorption of amphiphilic graft copolymers in solvents selective for the grafts on a lyophobic surface: a coarse-grained simulation study

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 6533-6547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbyšek Posel ◽  
Martin Svoboda ◽  
Zuzana Limpouchová ◽  
Martin Lísal ◽  
Karel Procházka

The sorption of graft copolymers on surfaces attractive only for the backbone and its effect on the conformational behavior of adsorbed/desorbed chains in solvents good for the grafts and poor for the backbone was studied by coarse-grained computer simulations.

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Valérie Jérôme ◽  
León D. Pérez Pérez ◽  
Ruth Freitag

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Using coarse-grained simulations, we study the effect of varying oligonucleic acid (ONA) backbone flexibility, ONA charge and star polymer architecture on structure and thermodynamics of ONA–star polymer conjugates assembly.


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...  

The formation mechanism of the bound rubber in elastomer nanocomposites using the coarse-grained molecular-dynamics simulations.


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Monodisperse polymer brushes were studied by means of Monte Carlo simulations. A coarse-grained model of a polymer brush was designed in order and the Cooperative Motion Algorithm was employed to...


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Yu. Rudyak ◽  
Elena Yu. Kozhunova ◽  
Alexander V. Chertovich

Abstract In this paper we propose a new method of coarse-grained computer simulations of the microgel formation in course of free radical precipitation polymerization. For the first time, we simulate the precipitation polymerization process from a dilute solution of initial components to a final microgel particle with coarse grained molecular dynamics, and compare it to the experimental data. We expect that our simulation studies of PNIPA-like microgels will be able to elucidate the subject of nucleation and growth kinetics and to describe in detail the network topology and structure. Performed computer simulations help to determine the characteristic phases of the growth process and show the necessity of prolongated synthesis for the formation of stable microgel particles. We demonstrate the important role of dangling ends in microgels, which occupy as much as 50% of its molecular mass and have previously unattended influence on the swelling behavior. The verification of the model is made by the comparison of collapse curves and structure factors between simulated and experimental systems, and high quality matching is achieved. This work could help to open new horizons in studies that require the knowledge of detailed and realistic structures of the microgel networks.


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