Operando characterization of organic mixed ionic/electronic conducting materials

R Wu, M Matta, BD Paulsen, J Rivnay - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Operando characterization plays an important role in revealing the structure–property
relationships of organic mixed ionic/electronic conductors (OMIECs), enabling the direct …

Scaling perspective on dynamics of nanoparticles in polymers: length-and time-scale dependent nanoparticle–polymer coupling

T Ge - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
The motion of nanoparticles in a polymer matrix is dictated by the intricate coupling of the
nanoparticles and surrounding polymers. Various length-and time-scale dependent features …

Fast nanoparticle rotational and translational diffusion in synovial fluid and hyaluronic acid solutions

M Unni, S Savliwala, BD Partain… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Nanoparticles are under investigation as diagnostic and therapeutic agents for joint
diseases, such as osteoarthritis. However, there is incomplete understanding of nanoparticle …

Single-particle tracking in poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate: probe size effect on the diffusion behaviors of nanoparticles in unentangled polymer solutions

K Foreman, KH Tran-Ba - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
A thorough understanding of the relevant factors governing the transport of nanoparticles in
poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) is crucial for many applications utilizing this …

Electrostatically driven topological freezing of polymer diffusion at intermediate confinements

D Jia, M Muthukumar - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Breaking the paradigm that polymers in crowded aqueous media obey Einstein's law of
diffusion, we report a localized nondiffusive hierarchical metastable state at intermediate …

Impact of chain conformation on structural heterogeneity in polymer network

H Joung, C Kim, J Yu, S Lee, K Paeng, J Yang - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymer networks generally consist of an ensemble of single chains. However,
understanding how chain conformation affects the structure and properties of polymer …

Electrostatic repulsion slows relaxations of polyelectrolytes in semidilute solutions

AH Slim, WH Shi, F Safi Samghabadi… - ACS Macro …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We investigate the structure and dynamics of unentangled semidilute solutions of sodium
polystyrenesulfonate (NaPSS) using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and neutron …

Dynamics of flexible viruses in polymer solutions

M Smith, R Poling-Skutvik, AH Slim, RC Willson… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We examine the coupling of the dynamics of flexible viral nanoparticles to the dynamics of
comparably sized polymer chains. Using fluorescence microscopy, we quantify the …

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Rhodamine B Zwitterion Diffusion in Polyelectrolyte Solutions

PK Walhout, Z He, B Dutagaci… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyelectrolytes continue to find wide interest and application in science and engineering,
including areas such as water purification, drug delivery, and multilayer thin films. We have …

Dynamics of Filamentous Viruses in Polyelectrolyte Solutions

F Safi Samghabadi, AH Slim, MW Smith… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The structure and dynamics of polyelectrolytes differ from those of neutral polymers. How
these differences affect the transport of anisotropic particles remains incompletely …