A review of many-body dissipative particle dynamics (MDPD): Theoretical models and its applications

J Zhao, S Chen, K Zhang, Y Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Many-body dissipative particle dynamics (MDPD) is a novel coarse-grained numerical
method that originated from dissipative particle dynamics. In the MDPD system, a density …

Self‐Assembly of Nanoparticles in 2D and 3D: Recent Advances and Future Trends

SK Ghosh, A Böker - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For more than a century, it has been known that emulsions consisting of two immiscible
liquids can be rendered from coalescence by means of solid particles, coined as Pickering …

Microgels adsorbed at liquid–liquid interfaces: A joint numerical and experimental study

F Camerin, MA Fernández-Rodríguez, L Rovigatti… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Soft particles display highly versatile properties with respect to hard colloids and even more
so at fluid–fluid interfaces. In particular, microgels, consisting of a cross-linked polymer …

Nanoparticle assembly modulated by polymer chain conformation in composite materials

S Chen, E Olson, S Jiang, X Yong - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Mixing nanoparticles into a strategically selected polymer matrix yields nanocomposites with
well-controlled microstructures and unique properties and functions. The modulation of …

Homogeneous gelation leads to nanowire forests in the transition between electrospray and electrospinning

L Lei, S Chen, CJ Nachtigal, TF Moy, X Yong… - Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The morphology of coatings created by electrostatic deposition can be generally divided into
three categories: wire mats, particles, and films. At intermediate regimes, there should exist …

Adaptive 2D and pseudo-2D systems: Molecular, polymeric, and colloidal building blocks for tailored complexity

R Zbonikowski, P Mente, B Bończak, J Paczesny - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Two-dimensional and pseudo-2D systems come in various forms. Membranes separating
protocells from the environment were necessary for life to occur. Later, compartmentalization …

Controlling morphology in electrosprayed methylcellulose nanowires via nanoparticle addition: coarse-grained modeling and experiments

JM Blisko, MJ Grzenda, RM Vladimirsky, CE Shuck… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrospray deposition (ESD) has shown great promise for manufacturing micro-and
nanostructured coatings at scale on versatile substrates with complex geometries. ESD …

Dissipative particle dynamics modeling of hydrogel swelling by osmotic ensemble method

S Chen, X Yong - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
An osmotic ensemble method for dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) is developed for
simulating the swelling behavior of polymer networks in aqueous solvent under constant …

Controlling the stability of Pickering emulsions by pH-responsive nanoparticles

S Qin, X Yong - Soft Matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrostatic dissipative particle dynamics simulations were conducted to model the
interactions between emulsion droplets stabilized by pH-sensitive polyelectrolyte-grafted …

Self-assembly of mono-and poly-dispersed nanoparticles on emulsion droplets: antagonistic vs. synergistic effects as a function of particle size

A Khedr, A Striolo - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, using Dissipative Particle Dynamics simulations, we provide fundamental
insights into the self-assembly of nanoparticles (NPs) on droplet surfaces in an oil-in-water …