Hollow and vesicle particles from macromolecules with amphiphilic monomer units

VV Vasilevskaya, EN Govorun - Polymer Reviews, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Amphiphilic monomer units contain both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups. They are
characterized by affinity and antagonism simultaneously to both polar and nonpolar …

Complexation of oligochitosan with sodium caseinate in alkalescent and weakly acidic media

YA Antonov, IL Zhuravleva, EA Bezrodnykh… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Сomplexation of oligochitosan (OCHI) having the degree of acetylation (DA 26%) with
sodium caseinate (SC) at pH 5.8 and 7.2 is described and compared with the complexation …

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 …

Ionomer self-assembly in dilute solution studied by coarse-grained molecular dynamics

M Ghelichi, K Malek, MH Eikerling - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, reported in this article, elucidate the self-
assembly of semiflexible ionomer molecules into cylindrical bundle-like aggregates …

Solute-triggered morphological transitions of an amphiphilic heterografted brush copolymer as a single-molecule drug carrier

H Luo, M Szymusiak, EA Garcia, LL Lock, H Cui… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We describe the use of an amphiphilic macromolecular brush based on poly (ethylene
glycol)(PEG) and poly (d, l-lactide)(PLA) as a stabilizer of hydrophobic solutes. The brush …

Molecular features of the interaction and antimicrobial activity of chitosan in a solution containing sodium dodecyl sulfate

EA Bezrodnykh, YA Antonov, BB Berezin… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Molecular interaction of chitosan with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) is a more complicated
process than it has been imagined so far. For the first time it has been shown that the shorter …

Short chain chitosan solutions: self-assembly and aggregates disruption effects

IV Blagodatskikh, EA Bezrodnykh… - Journal of Polymer …, 2013 - Springer
Light scattering and microscopy studies show that short chain chitosans (oligochitosans) are
partially associated in dilute solutions in the pH range below critical point of phase …

Dissipative particle dynamics study on the mesostructures of n-octadecane/water emulsion with alternating styrene–maleic acid copolymers as emulsifier

M Xu, Z Yang - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
For the first time dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations were employed to study the
microstructures of an emulsion with alternating copolymers as the emulsifier. To model the …

Self-Assembled Graft Copolymer Nanofibers with an Adjustable Internal and External Structure

AI Buglakov, VV Vasilevskaya - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
The nanofibers with designed internal and external morphology are of great interest for
tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and novel materials design. In this letter, we …

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 …