Classical reactive molecular dynamics implementations: State of the art

K Farah, F Müller‐Plathe, MC Böhm - ChemPhysChem, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive molecular dynamics (RMD) implementations equipped with force field approaches
to simulate both the time evolution as well as chemical reactions of a broad class of …

Polymatic: a generalized simulated polymerization algorithm for amorphous polymers

LJ Abbott, KE Hart, CM Colina - Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2013 - Springer
This work presents a generalized structure generation methodology for amorphous
polymers by a simulated polymerization technique and 21-step molecular dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] A viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model for glassy polymers informed by molecular dynamics simulations

W Zhao, M Ries, P Steinmann, S Pfaller - International Journal of Solids …, 2021 - Elsevier
This contribution presents a phenomenological viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model
informed by coarse-grained (CG) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of pure glassy …

Modeling the free-radical polymerization of hexanediol diacrylate (HDDA): a molecular dynamics and graph theory approach

A Torres-Knoop, I Kryven, V Schamboeck, PD Iedema - Soft matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In the printing, coating and ink industries, photocurable systems are becoming increasingly
popular and multi-functional acrylates are one of the most commonly used monomers due to …

Decoding elasticity build-up and network topology in free-radical cross-linking polymerization: A combined experimental and atomistic approach

S Saiev, D Beljonne, R Lazzaroni, P Roose - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
The range of applications involving free-radical cross-linking processes has grown
impressively over the last decades. However, in numerous fields where tightly cross-linked …

Progress in Computer Simulation of Bulk, Confined, and Surface‐initiated Polymerizations

ED Bain, S Turgman‐Cohen… - … Theory and Simulations, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this article we provide a brief summary of computational techniques applied to investigate
polymerization reactions in general, with a focus on systems under confinement and initiated …

Addressing surface effects at the particle-continuum interface in a molecular dynamics and finite elements coupled multiscale simulation technique

Y Jain, M Ries, S Pfaller… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Atomistic-to-continuum coupling methods are used to unravel molecular mechanisms of
polymers and polymer composites. These multiscale techniques advantageously combine …

A kinetic chain growth algorithm in coarse‐grained simulations

H Liu, YL Zhu, ZY Lu… - Journal of Computational …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We propose a kinetic chain growth algorithm for coarse‐grained (CG) simulations in this
work. By defining the reaction probability, it delivers a description of consecutive …

Inverse design of molecular weight distribution in controlled polymerization via a one-pot reaction strategy

H Liu, YH Xue, YL Zhu, FL Gu, ZY Lu - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Synthesizing polymers with tailor-made molecular weight distribution (MWD) is an essential
step toward better control and design of functional polymer materials. We propose a novel …

Molecular dynamics simulations of ideal living polymerization: Terminal model and kinetic aspects

W Li - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
Living polymerization is an important synthetic approach to achieving precise control of
synthesized polymers, which is crucial for their applications. The molecular weight …