Hierarchical shape-specified model polymer nanoparticles via copolymer sequence control

DK Tulsi, DS Simmons - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nature employs copolymer sequence to realize exquisite control of molecular shape in
nanostructures such as protein assemblies, membranes, and DNA complexes. Synthesis of …

Computer simulation of macromolecular systems with amphiphilic monomer units: Biomimetic models

VV Vasilevskaya, VA Ermilov - Polymer Science Series A, 2011 - Springer
The review presents the basic models used to analyze the self-assembly of protein
macromolecules and the main results of studying the self-organization of macromolecules in …

Structure and rheology of solutions and gels of stiff polyelectrolyte at high salt concentration

OE Philippova, AV Shibaev, DA Muravlev… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The rheology and the structural evolution of xanthan solutions and gels upon increasing
polymer concentration were monitored in the absence and in the presence of cross-linker …

Polyelectrolyte complexes consisting of macromolecules with varied stiffness: Computer simulation

AA Lazutin, AN Semenov… - … theory and simulations, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Monte Carlo simulations are employed in order to analyze the structure of polyelectrolyte
complexes consisting of two identical but oppositely charged macroions with varying chain …

Morphological diagram of amphiphilic H-graft-P macromolecules: Theory and computer experiment

DE Larin, AA Glagoleva, EN Govorun, VV Vasilevskaya - Polymer, 2018 - Elsevier
The morphological diagrams of H-graft-P macromolecules in poor solvent were evaluated by
means of molecular dynamics simulations and analytical theory. The Diagrams contain …

Nonconventional scenarios of polymer self-assembly

PG Khalatur, AR Khokhlov - Soft Matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic and natural polymers are capable of self-assembling into complex three-
dimensional ensembles. It opens ways for creation of the ordered supramolecular …

Amphiphilic multiblock copolymers: From intramolecular pearl necklace to layered structures

V Hugouvieux, MAV Axelos, M Kolb - Macromolecules, 2009 - ACS Publications
We report on three-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations of dilute solutions of multiblock
copolymers made of regularly spaced hydrophobic and hydrophilic blocks in the limit of long …

Structure of metaphase chromosomes: a role for effects of macromolecular crowding

R Hancock - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
In metaphase chromosomes, chromatin is compacted to a concentration of several hundred
mg/ml by mechanisms which remain elusive. Effects mediated by the ionic environment are …

Chitosan nanostructures deposited from solutions in carbonic acid on a model substrate as resolved by AFM

MA Khokhlova, MO Gallyamov, AR Khokhlov - Colloid and Polymer …, 2012 - Springer
Chitosan macromolecules can be dissolved in water saturated with CO 2 under high
pressure, ie in carbonic acid. This unique biocompatible solvent with acidity regulated by the …

New strategy to create ultra-thin surface layer of grafted amphiphilic macromolecules

AA Lazutin, EN Govorun, VV Vasilevskaya… - The Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
It was found first that macromolecules made of amphiphilic monomer units could form
spontaneously an ultra-thin layer on the surface which the macromolecules are grafted to …