scholarly journals Consequences of a cosolvent on the structure and molecular dynamics of supramolecular polymers in water

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (29) ◽  
pp. 6199-6209 ◽  
Author(s):  
René P. M. Lafleur ◽  
Xianwen Lou ◽  
Giovanni M. Pavan ◽  
Anja R. A. Palmans ◽  
E. W. Meijer

A cosolvent that is used to guide the self-assembly of amphiphiles in water causes abrupt structural changes, as well as non-linear behavior in the molecular dynamics of the amphiphiles.

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 258-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karteek K. Bejagam ◽  
Richard C. Remsing ◽  
Michael L. Klein ◽  
Sundaram Balasubramanian

Amino ester-based benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides (BTAs) are widely studied experimentally for their facile self-assembly, which leads to strong three-fold hydrogen bonded supramolecular polymers.


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 3470-3489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pim W. J. M. Frederix ◽  
Ilias Patmanidis ◽  
Siewert J. Marrink

The self-assembly of bio-inspired supramolecular polymers can be unravelled using molecular dynamics simulations combined with experiments.


Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared O’Leary ◽  
Runfang Mao ◽  
Evan J. Pretti ◽  
Joel A. Paulson ◽  
Jeetain Mittal ◽  
...  

Creating a systematic framework to characterize the structural states of colloidal self-assembly systems is crucial for unraveling the fundamental understanding of these systems' stochastic and non-linear behavior.


Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Kantardjiev

We carried out a series of coarse-grained molecular dynamics liposome-copolymer simulations with varying extent of copolymer concentration in an attempt to understand the effect of copolymer structure and concentration on vesicle self-assembly and stability.


Author(s):  
Łukasz Piotr Baran ◽  
Wojciech Rżysko ◽  
Dariusz Tarasewicz

In this study we have performed extensive coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of the self-assembly of tetra-substituted molecules. We have found that such molecules are able to form a variety of...


2007 ◽  
Vol 121-123 ◽  
pp. 401-406
Author(s):  
Jenn Sen Lin ◽  
Shin Pon Ju ◽  
M.H. Weng ◽  
Wen Jay Lee

In this study, the molecular dynamics is employed to simulate the selfassembly of crossed gold nanowires at various temperatures. The nanowires with a multi-shell helical (HMS) structure are different from those of the bulk FCC structure. This work compares the morphology of crossed HMS nanowires with 7-1 structure after self-assembly and investigates the atom motion trajectory on the joint. The structure transform are observed from helical structure to FCC structure by angular correlation function (ACF). The results can be suggested for a nano-scale circuit design.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Shyshov ◽  
Shyamkumar Vadakket Haridas ◽  
Luca Pesce ◽  
Haoyuan Qi ◽  
Andrea Gardin ◽  
...  

AbstractThe development of powerful methods for living covalent polymerization has been a key driver of progress in organic materials science. While there have been remarkable reports on living supramolecular polymerization recently, the scope of monomers is still narrow and a simple solution to the problem is elusive. Here we report a minimalistic molecular platform for living supramolecular polymerization that is based on the unique structure of all-cis 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexafluorocyclohexane, the most polar aliphatic compound reported to date. We use this large dipole moment (6.2 Debye) not only to thermodynamically drive the self-assembly of supramolecular polymers, but also to generate kinetically trapped monomeric states. Upon addition of well-defined seeds, we observed that the dormant monomers engage in a kinetically controlled supramolecular polymerization. The obtained nanofibers have an unusual double helical structure and their length can be controlled by the ratio between seeds and monomers. The successful preparation of supramolecular block copolymers demonstrates the versatility of the approach.


Soft Matter ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 4762-4771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Svechkarev ◽  
Alexander Kyrychenko ◽  
William M. Payne ◽  
Aaron M. Mohs

Side substituents on the hyaluronic acid backbone determine the morphology and hydration of the HA-derived nanoparticles hydrophobic domains.


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