Dissipative particle dynamics in soft matter and polymeric applications—A review

E Moeendarbary, TY Ng, M Zangeneh - International Journal of …, 2010 - World Scientific
Computer simulations and in particular mesoscopic simulation techniques such as the
dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) technique, enable researchers to study the complexities …

Rheology, microstructure and migration in Brownian colloidal suspensions

W Pan, B Caswell, GE Karniadakis - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate that suspended spherical colloidal particles can be effectively modeled as
single dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) particles provided that the conservative repulsive …

Simulations of shear-induced morphological transitions in block copolymers

A Nikoubashman, RA Register, AZ Panagiotopoulos - Soft Matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we focus on simulation studies performed to provide a molecular-level
understanding of shear-induced morphological transitions and domain alignment of block …

Applications of shear‐induced polarized light imaging (SIPLI) technique for mechano‐optical rheology of polymers and soft matter materials

OO Mykhaylyk, NJ Warren, AJ Parnell… - Journal of Polymer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A new experimental method for studying the mechano‐optical rheology of
polymeric liquids and soft matter materials is presented. The method is based on a …

Rheo-SAXS characterization of lead-treated oils: Understanding the influence of lead driers on artistic oil paint's flow properties

L Laporte, G Ducouret, F Gobeaux, A Lesaine… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
From the 15 th century onwards, painters began to treat their oils with lead compounds
before grinding them with pigments. Such a treatment induces the partial hydrolysis of the oil …

Adaptive thermostats for noisy gradient systems

B Leimkuhler, X Shang - SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 2016 - SIAM
We study numerical methods for sampling probability measures in high dimension where
the underlying model is only approximately identified with a gradient system. Extended …

Dissipative particle dynamics study of electrostatic self-assembly in aqueous mixtures of copolymers containing one neutral water-soluble block and one either …

K Šindelka, Z Limpouchová, M Lísal… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The paper describes the general features and trends of the electrostatic assembly (EA) of
block polyelectrolytes. We performed computer simulations of the associative behavior of …

Dissipative Particle Dynamics Study of the pH-Dependent Behavior of Poly(2-vinylpyridine)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymer in Aqueous Buffers

Z Posel, Z Limpouchova, K Sindelka, M Lisal… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The paper describes the pH-dependent self-assembly of a diblock copolymer, poly (2-
vinylpyridine)-block-poly (ethylene oxide), P2VP–PEO in aqueous media using computer …

DPD simulations of anionic surfactant micelles: a critical role for polarisable water models

RL Hendrikse, C Amador, MR Wilson - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigate the effects of polarisable water models in dissipative particle dynamics (DPD)
simulations, focussing on the influence these models have on the aggregation behaviour of …

Nanoparticle aggregation in the presence of a block copolymer

H Chen, E Ruckenstein - The Journal of chemical physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
By employing dissipative particle dynamics simulations, we investigated the cooperative
phase behavior of composites containing diblock copolymer molecules and nanoparticles …