Polymer informatics: Current status and critical next steps

L Chen, G Pilania, R Batra, TD Huan, C Kim… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) based approaches are beginning to impact several domains of
human life, science and technology. Polymer informatics is one such domain where AI and …

A review of advancements in coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations

SY Joshi, SA Deshmukh - Molecular Simulation, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last few years, coarse-grained molecular dynamics has emerged as a way to model
large and complex systems in an efficient and inexpensive manner due to its lowered …

Machine learning approach for accurate backmapping of coarse-grained models to all-atom models

Y An, SA Deshmukh - Chemical Communications, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Four different machine learning (ML) regression models: artificial neural network, k-nearest
neighbors, Gaussian process regression and random forest were built to backmap coarse …

Unraveling the conformations of backbone and side chains in thermosensitive bottlebrush polymers

KK Bejagam, SK Singh, R Ahn, SA Deshmukh - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
This contribution reports the molecular-level conformations of the backbone and side chains
of thermosensitive bottlebrush polymers (BBPs) of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) in …

Energy renormalization for coarse-graining a biomimetic copolymer, poly (catechol-styrene)

M Dunbar, S Keten - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Replicating the remarkable adhesive properties of mussels in synthetic polymers continues
to be of great interest for applications including self-healing materials, biomedical glues, and …

State-of-the-art review of porous polymer membrane formation characterization—How numerical and experimental approaches dovetail to drive innovation

SJ Bohr, F Wang, M Metze, JL Vukušić… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Porous polymer membranes substantially contribute to an acceleration of sustainability
transformation based on the energy efficient separation of liquid and gaseous mixtures. This …

Sequestration of Small Ions and Weak Acids and Bases by a Polyelectrolyte Complex Studied by Simulation and Experiment

R Stano, JJ van Lente, S Lindhoud… - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Mixing of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes can result in phase separation into a polymer-
poor supernatant and a polymer-rich polyelectrolyte complex (PEC). We present a new …

Inclusion of theobromine modifies uric acid aggregation with possible changes in melamine–uric acid clusters responsible for kidney stones

KG Chattaraj, S Paul - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2019 - ACS Publications
Theobromine, a naturally occurring substance, can be conceived as a prospective inhibitor
for uric acid clustering. In aqueous solution, aggregates of π-stacked uric acid molecules …

Automatic multi-objective optimization of coarse-grained lipid force fields using SwarmCG

C Empereur-Mot, R Capelli, M Perrone… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The development of coarse-grained (CG) molecular models typically requires a time-
consuming iterative tuning of parameters in order to have the approximated CG models …

Development of transferable coarse-grained models of amino acids

O Conway, Y An, KK Bejagam… - Molecular Systems Design …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We have developed transferable coarse-grained (CG) models of the twenty standard amino
acids, which can be used to perform molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of peptide …