Sliding dynamics of multi-rings on semiflexible polymer in poly[n]catenanes

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Li ◽  
Yaxin Wang ◽  
Fuchen Guo ◽  
Linli He ◽  
Linxi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Cyclic Polymers ◽  
Cyclic Polymer ◽  
Semiflexible Polymer ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Sliding Dynamics

The sliding dynamics of one- or multi-rings along a semiflexible cyclic polymer in radial poly[n]catenanes is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. The fixed and fluctuating (non-fixed) semiflexible central cyclic polymers...

scholarly journals Isostaticity and the solidification of semiflexible polymer melts

Soft Matter ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (43) ◽  
pp. 7948-7952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian O. Plaza-Rivera ◽  
Hong T. Nguyen ◽  
Robert S. Hoy
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Polymer Melts ◽  
Polymer Model ◽  
Soft Sphere ◽  
Semiflexible Polymer ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Using molecular dynamics simulations of a tangent-soft-sphere bead-spring polymer model, we examine the degree to which semiflexible polymer melts solidify at isostaticity.

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