Precision polymer synthesis by controlled radical polymerization: Fusing the progress from polymer chemistry and reaction engineering

YN Zhou, JJ Li, TT Wang, YY Wu, ZH Luo - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
During the first 100 years of polymer science, controlled radical polymerization (also
recommended as reversible deactivation radical polymerization) is undoubtedly a …

Rheology of branched wormlike micelles

SA Rogers, MA Calabrese, NJ Wagner - Current opinion in colloid & …, 2014 - Elsevier
The topology of self-assembled surfactant solutions includes varying degrees of micellar
branching, ranging from linear wormlike micelles to a micellar network. Micellar branching …

Understanding and modeling polymers: The challenge of multiple scales

F Schmid - ACS Polymers Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymer materials are multiscale systems by definition. Already the description of a single
macromolecule involves a multitude of scales, and cooperative processes in polymer …

Design, synthesis, and self-assembly of polymers with tailored graft distributions

AB Chang, TP Lin, NB Thompson… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Grafting density and graft distribution impact the chain dimensions and physical properties of
polymers. However, achieving precise control over these structural parameters presents …

Designing complex fluids

RH Ewoldt, C Saengow - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Taking a small step away from Newtonian fluid behavior creates an explosion in the range of
possibilities. Non-Newtonian fluid properties can achieve diverse flow objectives, but the …

Linear and extensional rheology of model branched polystyrenes: From loosely grafted combs to bottlebrushes

M Abbasi, L Faust, K Riazi, M Wilhelm - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Monodisperse comb polystyrenes (comb-PS) with loosely to densely grafted architectures
up to loosely grafted bottlebrush structures were synthesized via anionic polymerization …

Effect of side chain length in polystyrene POM–POMs on melt rheology and solid mechanical fatigue

MC Röpert, MG Schußmann, MK Esfahani… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The POM–POM architecture is the simplest yet defined branched architecture, showing both
strain hardening in elongation and strain softening in shear. The molecular structure …

Analysis of slow modes in ring polymers: Threading of rings controls long-time relaxation

DG Tsalikis, VG Mavrantzas, D Vlassopoulos - ACS Macro Letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Atomistic configurations of pure, precisely monodisperse ring poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO)
melts accumulated in the course of very long molecular dynamics (MD) simulations at T …

Relaxation dynamics of nanoparticle-tethered polymer chains

SA Kim, R Mangal, LA Archer - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Relaxation dynamics of nanoparticle-tethered cis-1, 4-polyisoprene (PI) are investigated
using dielectric spectroscopy and rheometry. A model system composed of polymer chains …

Cost‐efficient modeling of distributed molar mass and topological variations in graft copolymer synthesis by upgrading the method of moments

YY Wu, FL Figueira, M Edeleva… - AIChE …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cost‐efficient deterministic method of moments solvers, as widely used to calculate average
characteristics of chemical processes driven by population variations (eg, average chain …