Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to investigate the structural properties of
melts of nonconcatenated ring polymers and compared to melts of linear polymers. The …

During interphase, the eukaryotic genome is organized into chromosome territories that are
spatially segregated into compartment domains. The extent to which interacting domains or …

The physical properties of polymers depend on a range of both structural and chemical
parameters, and in particular, on molecular topology. Apparently simple changes such as …

How to get rich fast: The zwitterionic copolymerization of δ‐valerolactone (VL) and ε‐
caprolactone (CL) provides an expedient route to cyclic gradient copolymers. The faster ring …

We review recent theoretical studies on the statistical and dynamical properties of polymers
with nontrivial structures in chemical connectivity and those of polymers with a nontrivial …

A series of low polydispersity cyclic PCL samples (C-PCLs), as well as their linear analogs
(L-PCLs), were synthesized by click chemistry in a number average molecular weight (M n) …

Atomistic configurations of model unentangled ring polyethylene (PE) melts ranging in chain
length from C24 up to C400 have been subjected to detailed molecular dynamics (MD) …

Ring closure click chemistry methods have been used to produce cyclic c-PLLA and c-PDLA
of a number-average molecular weight close to 10 kg/mol. The effects of stereochemistry of …

In recent years there have been numerous studies on cyclic polymers. 1À8 These works
have been focused on changes in glass transition temperatures, 1, 5 melting temperatures …

Low polydispersity linear and cyclic poly (ε-caprolactone) with molecular weights of 2–7.5
kg/mol were synthesized. Differences in the morphology of cyclic and linear single crystals …