Fluoropolymer: a review on its emulsion preparation and wettability to solid-liquid interface

L Liang, T Wen, J Xin, C Su, K Song, W Zhao, H Liu… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the preparation of a superamphiphobic surface, the most basic method is to reduce the
surface free energy of the interface. The C—F bond has a very low surface free energy …

Multiscale simulation of fluids: coupling molecular and continuum

ER Smith, PE Theodorakis - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Computer simulation is an important tool for scientific progress, especially when lab
experiments are either extremely costly and difficult or lack the required resolution. However …

Ice-phobic polyurethane composite coating characterized by surface micro silicone loops with crumpling edges

YH Ng, SW Tay, L Hong - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2022 - Elsevier
This study developed a tactic to attain an ice-phobic polyurethane (PU) composite coating,
which was fabricated by incorporating minor dosages of hybrid silica particles and silicone …

Computational investigation of the effect ZnS buffer layer on the hole transport of polymer solar cell

N Jili, N Dlamini, GT Mola - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2023 - Elsevier
Semiconductor organic solar absorber exhibits poor charge transport process because of
exciton short diffusion length, short life time, and poor carrier mobilities in the medium. Such …

The Temperature Interval of the Liquid–Glass Transition of Amorphous Polymers and Low Molecular Weight Amorphous Substances

MV Darmaev, MI Ojovan, AA Mashanov, TA Chimytov - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
We present calculation results of the temperature interval δTg characterizing the liquid–
glass transition in amorphous materials obtained on the basis of available data of the …

Relative chain flexibility determines the spatial arrangement and the diffusion of a single ring chain in linear chain films

JH Choi, T Kwon, BJ Sung - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
The flexibility of a single polymer chain, characterized by its persistence length, is
considered to be an intrinsic property of the polymer chain, which determines its …

Interfacial forces in free-standing layers of melted polyethylene, from critical to nanoscopic thicknesses

FI Ramírez-Zavaleta, VM Torres-Dominguez… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics simulations of ultrathin free-standing layers made of melted (373.15–
673.15 K) polyethylene chains, which exhibit a lower melting temperature (compared to the …

Thermally driven elastic membranes are quasi-linear across all scales

C Steinbock, E Katzav - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the static and dynamic structure of thermally fluctuating elastic thin sheets by
investigating a model known as the overdamped dynamic Föppl–von Kármán equation, in …

Macromolecular 'size'and 'hardness' drives structure in solvent-swollen blends of linear, cyclic, and star polymers

TE Gartner, A Jayaraman - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, we apply molecular simulation and liquid state theory to uncover the structure
and thermodynamics of homopolymer blends of the same chemistry and varying chain …

Evidence and Limits of Universal Topological Surface Segregation of Cyclic Polymers

Q He, SF Wang, R Hu, B Akgun, C Tormey, S Peri… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
If you mix lines and circles, what happens at the edge of the mixture? The problem is simply
stated, but the answer is not obvious. Twenty years ago it was proposed that a universal …