Multiparticle collision dynamics (MPCD) is a flexible and robust mesoscale computational technique for simulating solvent-mediated hydrodynamic interactions in soft materials. Here …
The motion of nanoparticles in a polymer matrix is dictated by the intricate coupling of the nanoparticles and surrounding polymers. Various length-and time-scale dependent features …
Fundamental understanding of the effect of microscopic parameters on the dynamics of probe particles in different complex environments has wide implications. Examples include …
Mixing nanoparticles into a strategically selected polymer matrix yields nanocomposites with well-controlled microstructures and unique properties and functions. The modulation of …
Understanding active matter has led to new perspectives on biophysics and non-equilibrium dynamics. However, the development of numerical tools for simulating active fluids capable …
The diffusion of microscopic particles through the cell, important to processes such as viral infection, gene delivery, and vesicle transport, is largely controlled by the complex …
V Sorichetti, V Hugouvieux, W Kob - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
In order to determine in polymeric systems the geometrical mesh size ξ, we simulate a solution of coarse-grained polymers with densities ranging from the dilute to the …
We use molecular simulation to investigate the pH response of sequence-controlled polyampholyte brushes (PABs) with polymer chains consisting of alternating blocks of …
The structure and dynamics of polyelectrolytes differ from those of neutral polymers. How these differences affect the transport of anisotropic particles remains incompletely …