The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) is one of the most efficient mesoscale coarse-grained
methodologies for modeling soft matter systems. Here, we comprehensively review the …

Theoretical descriptions of static properties of polymer brushes are reviewed, with an
emphasis on monodisperse macromolecules grafted to planar, cylindrical, or spherical …

This review compiles recent theoretical advances to describe compressive and shear forces
of polymer-brush bilayers, which consist of two opposing brushes in contact. Such model …

Advancements in the fabrication of microfluidic and nanofluidic devices and the study of
liquids in confined geometries rely on understanding the boundary conditions for the flow of …

The glycocalyx is a sugar-rich layer located at the luminal part of the endothelial cells. It is
involved in key metabolic processes and its malfunction is related to several diseases. To …

By molecular dynamics simulation of a coarse-grained bead-spring-type model for a
cylindrical molecular brush with a backbone chain of N b effective monomers to which with …

Polymer brushes lead to small friction and wear and thus hold great potential for industrial
applications. However, interdigitation of opposing brushes makes them prone to damage …

The polymer–particle interface consisting of grafted and adsorbed chains plays a key role in
the mechanical reinforcement of polymer nanocomposites, but the synergistic effect of …

Chemically modified nanopores show a strong and nontrivial coupling between ion current
and the structure of the immobilized species. In this work we study theoretically the …