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Zimny S, Tarnacka M, Wojnarowska Z, Heczko D, Maksym P, Paluch M, Kamiński K. Impact of the graft’ structure on the behavior of PMMS-based brushes. High pressure studies. POLYMER 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2023.125790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Jin J, Pak AJ, Durumeric AEP, Loose TD, Voth GA. Bottom-up Coarse-Graining: Principles and Perspectives. J Chem Theory Comput 2022; 18:5759-5791. [PMID: 36070494 PMCID: PMC9558379 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Large-scale computational molecular models provide scientists a means to investigate the effect of microscopic details on emergent mesoscopic behavior. Elucidating the relationship between variations on the molecular scale and macroscopic observable properties facilitates an understanding of the molecular interactions driving the properties of real world materials and complex systems (e.g., those found in biology, chemistry, and materials science). As a result, discovering an explicit, systematic connection between microscopic nature and emergent mesoscopic behavior is a fundamental goal for this type of investigation. The molecular forces critical to driving the behavior of complex heterogeneous systems are often unclear. More problematically, simulations of representative model systems are often prohibitively expensive from both spatial and temporal perspectives, impeding straightforward investigations over possible hypotheses characterizing molecular behavior. While the reduction in resolution of a study, such as moving from an atomistic simulation to that of the resolution of large coarse-grained (CG) groups of atoms, can partially ameliorate the cost of individual simulations, the relationship between the proposed microscopic details and this intermediate resolution is nontrivial and presents new obstacles to study. Small portions of these complex systems can be realistically simulated. Alone, these smaller simulations likely do not provide insight into collectively emergent behavior. However, by proposing that the driving forces in both smaller and larger systems (containing many related copies of the smaller system) have an explicit connection, systematic bottom-up CG techniques can be used to transfer CG hypotheses discovered using a smaller scale system to a larger system of primary interest. The proposed connection between different CG systems is prescribed by (i) the CG representation (mapping) and (ii) the functional form and parameters used to represent the CG energetics, which approximate potentials of mean force (PMFs). As a result, the design of CG methods that facilitate a variety of physically relevant representations, approximations, and force fields is critical to moving the frontier of systematic CG forward. Crucially, the proposed connection between the system used for parametrization and the system of interest is orthogonal to the optimization used to approximate the potential of mean force present in all systematic CG methods. The empirical efficacy of machine learning techniques on a variety of tasks provides strong motivation to consider these approaches for approximating the PMF and analyzing these approximations.
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- Jaehyeok Jin
- Department of Chemistry,
Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical
Dynamics, and James Franck Institute, The
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry,
Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical
Dynamics, and James Franck Institute, The
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry,
Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical
Dynamics, and James Franck Institute, The
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry,
Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical
Dynamics, and James Franck Institute, The
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry,
Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical
Dynamics, and James Franck Institute, The
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Vogiatzis GG, van Breemen LCA, Hütter M. Response of Elementary Structural Transitions in Glassy Atactic Polystyrene to Temperature and Deformation. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:7731-7744. [PMID: 36129780 PMCID: PMC9549470 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The effects of temperature, pressure, and imposed strain on the structural transition pathways of glassy atactic polystyrene (aPS) are studied for a wide range of conditions. By employing an atomistic description of the system, we systematically explore its free energy landscape, emphasizing connections between local free energy minima. A triplet of two minima connected to each other via a first-order saddle point provides the full description of each elementary structural relaxation event. The basis of the analysis is the potential energy landscape (PEL), where efficient methods for finding saddle points and exploring transition pathways have been developed. We then translate the stationary points of the PEL to stationary points of the proper free energy landscape that obeys the macroscopically imposed constraints (either stress- or strain-controlled). By changing the temperature under isobaric conditions (i.e., Gibbs energy landscape), we probe the temperature dependence of the transition rates of the subglass relaxations of aPS, thus obtaining their activation energies by fitting to the Arrhenius equation. The imposition of different strain levels under isothermic conditions allows us to estimate the apparent activation volume of every elementary transition. Our findings are in good agreement with experimental observations for the same system, indicating that both length- and time-scales of the structural transitions of glassy aPS can be obtained by proper free energy minimization of atomistically detailed configurations.
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- Georgios G Vogiatzis
- Polymer Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.,Dutch Polymer Institute, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Polymer Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Polymer Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Sun W, Wu H, Luo Y, Li B, Mao L, Zhao X, Zhang L, Gao Y. Structure and dynamics behavior during the glass transition of the polyisoprene in the presence of pressure: A molecular dynamics simulation. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Dhamankar S, Webb MA. Chemically specific coarse‐graining of polymers: Methods and prospects. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Satyen Dhamankar
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Princeton University Princeton New Jersey USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Princeton University Princeton New Jersey USA
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Phan AD, Ngan NK, Le NB, Thanh LTM. Toward a Better Understanding of Activation Volume and Dynamic Decoupling of Glass‐Forming Liquids under Compression. MACROMOL THEOR SIMUL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/mats.202100035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Anh D. Phan
- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering Phenikaa University Hanoi 12116 Vietnam
- Phenikaa Institute for Advanced Study Phenikaa University Hanoi 12116 Vietnam
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering Phenikaa University Hanoi 12116 Vietnam
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- School of Engineering Physics Hanoi University of Science and Technology 1 Dai Co Viet Hanoi 10000 Vietnam
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- Faculty of Basic Science Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology 122 Hoang Quoc Viet Hanoi 10000 Vietnam
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Klippenstein V, Tripathy M, Jung G, Schmid F, van der Vegt NFA. Introducing Memory in Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:4931-4954. [PMID: 33982567 PMCID: PMC8154603 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Preserving the correct dynamics at the coarse-grained (CG) level is a pressing problem in the development of systematic CG models in soft matter simulation. Starting from the seminal idea of simple time-scale mapping, there have been many efforts over the years toward establishing a meticulous connection between the CG and fine-grained (FG) dynamics based on fundamental statistical mechanics approaches. One of the most successful attempts in this context has been the development of CG models based on the Mori-Zwanzig (MZ) theory, where the resulting equation of motion has the form of a generalized Langevin equation (GLE) and closely preserves the underlying FG dynamics. In this Review, we describe some of the recent studies in this regard. We focus on the construction and simulation of dynamically consistent systematic CG models based on the GLE, both in the simple Markovian limit and the non-Markovian case. Some recent studies of physical effects of memory are also discussed. The Review is aimed at summarizing recent developments in the field while highlighting the major challenges and possible future directions.
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- Viktor Klippenstein
- Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21 A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Menshutina N, Lebedev I, Lebedev E, Paraskevopoulou P, Chriti D, Mitrofanov I. A Cellular Automata Approach for the Modeling of a Polyamide and Carbon Aerogel Structure and Its Properties. Gels 2020; 6:gels6040035. [PMID: 33081053 PMCID: PMC7709703 DOI: 10.3390/gels6040035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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In this work, a cellular automata (CA) approach was used to generate 3D structures of polyamide and carbon aerogels. Experimental results are used as initial data for materials’ digital representations and to verify the developed CA models. Based on the generated digital structures, a computer study of aerogels’ mechanical properties was conducted. The offered CA models can be applied for the development of new nanoporous materials such as aerogels of different nature and allow for a reduction in the amount of required full-scale experiments, consequently decreasing development time and costs of new material formulations.
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- Natalia Menshutina
- International Science and Education Center for Transfer of Biopharmaceutical Technologies, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow 125047, Russia; (N.M.); (E.L.); (I.M.)
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- International Science and Education Center for Transfer of Biopharmaceutical Technologies, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow 125047, Russia; (N.M.); (E.L.); (I.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +7-495-495-0029
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- International Science and Education Center for Transfer of Biopharmaceutical Technologies, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow 125047, Russia; (N.M.); (E.L.); (I.M.)
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- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece; (P.P.); (D.C.)
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- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece; (P.P.); (D.C.)
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- International Science and Education Center for Transfer of Biopharmaceutical Technologies, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow 125047, Russia; (N.M.); (E.L.); (I.M.)
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Xu WS, Douglas JF, Xia W, Xu X. Understanding Activation Volume in Glass-Forming Polymer Melts via Generalized Entropy Theory. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Wen-Sheng Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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Xu WS, Douglas JF, Xia W, Xu X. Investigation of the Temperature Dependence of Activation Volume in Glass-Forming Polymer Melts under Variable Pressure Conditions. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Wen-Sheng Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- Material Measurement Laboratory, Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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Zhang Z, Nasrabadi AT, Aryal D, Ganesan V. Mechanisms of Ion Transport in Lithium Salt-Doped Polymeric Ionic Liquid Electrolytes. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Zidan Zhang
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Kritikos G, Rissanou AN, Harmandaris V, Karatasos K. Bound Layer Polymer Behavior on Graphene and Graphene Oxide Nanosheets. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Georgios Kritikos
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion GR-71110, Greece
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- Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion GR-71110, Greece
- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, Heraklion GR-71110, Greece
- Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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Ricci E, Vergadou N, Vogiatzis GG, De Angelis MG, Theodorou DN. Molecular Simulations and Mechanistic Analysis of the Effect of CO 2 Sorption on Thermodynamics, Structure, and Local Dynamics of Molten Atactic Polystyrene. Macromolecules 2020; 53:3669-3689. [PMID: 33828339 PMCID: PMC8016389 DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A simulation strategy encompassing different scales was applied to the systematic study of the effects of CO2 uptake on the properties of atactic polystyrene (aPS) melts. The analysis accounted for the influence of temperature between 450 and 550 K, polymer molecular weights (M w) between 2100 and 31000 g/mol, and CO2 pressures up to 20 MPa on the volumetric, swelling, structural, and dynamic properties of the polymer as well as on the CO2 solubility and diffusivity by performing molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the system in a fully atomistic representation. A hierarchical scheme was used for the generation of the higher M w polymer systems, which consisted of equilibration at a coarse-grained level of representation through efficient connectivity-altering Monte Carlo simulations, and reverse-mapping back to the atomistic representation, obtaining the configurations used for subsequent MD simulations. Sorption isotherms and associated swelling effects were determined by using an iterative procedure that incorporated a series of MD simulations in the NPT ensemble and the Widom test particle insertion method, while CO2 diffusion coefficients were extracted from long MD runs in the NVE ensemble. Solubility and diffusivity compared favorably with experimental results and with predictions of the Sanchez-Lacombe equation of state, which was reparametrized to capture the M w dependence of polymer properties with greater accuracy. Structural features of the polymer matrix were correctly reproduced by the simulations, and the effects of gas concentration and M w on structure and local dynamics were thoroughly investigated. In the presence of CO2, a significant acceleration of the segmental dynamics of the polymer occurred, more pronouncedly at low M w. The speed-up effect caused by the swelling agent was not limited to the chain ends but affected the whole chain in a similar fashion.
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- Eleonora Ricci
- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Athens, Greece
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Recent Progress towards Chemically-Specific Coarse-Grained Simulation Models with Consistent Dynamical Properties. COMPUTATION 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/computation7030042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Coarse-grained (CG) models can provide computationally efficient and conceptually simple characterizations of soft matter systems. While generic models probe the underlying physics governing an entire family of free-energy landscapes, bottom-up CG models are systematically constructed from a higher-resolution model to retain a high level of chemical specificity. The removal of degrees of freedom from the system modifies the relationship between the relative time scales of distinct dynamical processes through both a loss of friction and a “smoothing” of the free-energy landscape. While these effects typically result in faster dynamics, decreasing the computational expense of the model, they also obscure the connection to the true dynamics of the system. The lack of consistent dynamics is a serious limitation for CG models, which not only prevents quantitatively accurate predictions of dynamical observables but can also lead to qualitatively incorrect descriptions of the characteristic dynamical processes. With many methods available for optimizing the structural and thermodynamic properties of chemically-specific CG models, recent years have seen a stark increase in investigations addressing the accurate description of dynamical properties generated from CG simulations. In this review, we present an overview of these efforts, ranging from bottom-up parameterizations of generalized Langevin equations to refinements of the CG force field based on a Markov state modeling framework. We aim to make connections between seemingly disparate approaches, while laying out some of the major challenges as well as potential directions for future efforts.
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Fragiadakis D, Roland CM. Chain Flexibility and the Segmental Dynamics of Polymers. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:5930-5934. [PMID: 31188607 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b04068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Using molecular dynamics simulations, we examine the dynamics of a family of model polymers with varying chain length and torsional potential barriers. We focus on features of the dynamics of polymers that are seen experimentally but absent in simulations of freely rotating and freely jointed chains. The reduced effect of volume on the segmental dynamics with increasing chain length, a capacity for pressure densification, and the deviation from constant Johari-Goldstein relaxation time at a constant segmental relaxation time all have a common origin, torsional rigidity, and these effects become increasingly apparent for more rigid chains.
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- Daniel Fragiadakis
- Chemistry Division , Naval Research Laboratory , Washington , District of Columbia 20375-5342 , United States
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- Chemistry Division , Naval Research Laboratory , Washington , District of Columbia 20375-5342 , United States
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Hung JH, Patra TK, Meenakshisundaram V, Mangalara JH, Simmons DS. Universal localization transition accompanying glass formation: insights from efficient molecular dynamics simulations of diverse supercooled liquids. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:1223-1242. [PMID: 30556082 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm02051e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The origin of the precipitous dynamic arrest known as the glass transition is a grand open question of soft condensed matter physics. It has long been suspected that this transition is driven by an onset of particle localization and associated emergence of a glassy modulus. However, progress towards an accepted understanding of glass formation has been impeded by an inability to obtain data sufficient in chemical diversity, relaxation timescales, and spatial and temporal resolution to validate or falsify proposed theories for its physics. Here we first describe a strategy enabling facile high-throughput simulation of glass-forming liquids to nearly unprecedented relaxation times. We then perform simulations of 51 glass-forming liquids, spanning polymers, small organic molecules, inorganics, and metallic glass-formers, with longest relaxation times exceeding one microsecond. Results identify a universal particle-localization transition accompanying glass formation across all classes of glass-forming liquid. The onset temperature of non-Arrhenius dynamics is found to serve as a normalizing condition leading to a master collapse of localization data. This transition exhibits a non-universal relationship with dynamic arrest, suggesting that the nonuniversality of supercooled liquid dynamics enters via the dependence of relaxation times on local cage scale. These results suggest that a universal particle-localization transition may underpin the glass transition, and they emphasize the potential for recent theoretical developments connecting relaxation to localization and emergent elasticity to finally explain the origin of this phenomenon. More broadly, the capacity for high-throughput prediction of glass formation behavior may open the door to computational inverse design of glass-forming materials.
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- Jui-Hsiang Hung
- Department of Polymer of Engineering, University of Akron, 250 South Forge St., Akron, OH 44325, USA
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Behbahani AF, Vaez Allaei SM, Motlagh GH, Eslami H, Harmandaris VA. Structure, Dynamics, and Apparent Glass Transition of Stereoregular Poly(methyl methacrylate)/Graphene Interfaces through Atomistic Simulations. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Alireza F. Behbahani
- Advanced Polymer Materials and Processing Lab, School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 11155-4563, Iran
- Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion GR-71110, Greece
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- Department of Physics, University of Tehran, Tehran 14395-547, Iran
- School of Physics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran 19395-5531, Iran
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- Advanced Polymer Materials and Processing Lab, School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 11155-4563, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Persian Gulf University, Boushehr 75168, Iran
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- Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion GR-71110, Greece
- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, Heraklion GR-71110, Greece
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Hagita K. Two-dimensional scattering patterns of polymers in elongated polymer networks and composites. POLYMER 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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F Behbahani A, Vaez Allaei SM, H Motlagh G, Eslami H, Harmandaris VA. Structure and dynamics of stereo-regular poly(methyl-methacrylate) melts through atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:1449-1464. [PMID: 29393331 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm02008b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Poly(methyl-methacrylate), PMMA, is a disubstituted vinyl polymer whose properties depend significantly on its tacticity. Here we present a detailed study of the structure, conformation, and dynamics of syndiotactic, atactic, and isotactic PMMA melts at various temperatures (580, 550, 520, and 490 K) via all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. The calculated volumetric properties are close to experimental data. The Tg and chain dimensions of PMMA model systems are found to depend strongly on tacticity in agreement with experimental findings. The backbone bonds in trans (t), diads in tt, and inter-diads in t|t torsional states are the most populated for all PMMA stereo-chemistries and their fractions increase with the number of syndiotactic sequences. Also, the effective torsional barrier heights for the backbone, ester side group, and α-methyl group are larger for syndiotactic PMMA compared to the isotactic one. The structure of the PMMA chains is studied by computing the intra- and inter-chain static structure factors, S(q), and the radial pair distribution functions. In the first peak of S(q), both intra- and inter-chain components contribute, whereas the second and third peaks mainly come from inter- and intra-chain parts, respectively. For all PMMA stereo-isomers a clear tendency of ester-methyl groups to aggregate is observed. The local dynamics are studied by analyzing torsional autocorrelation functions for various dihedral angles. A wide spectrum of correlation times and different activation energies are observed for the motions of different parts of PMMA chains. The stereo-chemistry affects the backbone, ester side group, and α-methyl motions, whereas the ester-methyl rotation remains unaffected. The dynamic heterogeneity of the PMMA chains is also studied in detail for the different stereo-chemistries via the temperature dependence of the stretching exponent. Furthermore, the reorientational dynamics at the chain level and translational dynamics for monomer and chain centers-of-mass are analyzed.
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- Alireza F Behbahani
- Advanced Polymer Materials and Processing Lab, School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 11155-4563, Iran
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Molecular dynamics simulation of the glass transition temperature of fullerene filled cis-1,4-polybutadiene nanocomposites. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-018-2015-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zhou Y, Milner ST. Short-Time Dynamics Reveals Tg Suppression in Simulated Polystyrene Thin Films. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Yuxing Zhou
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Jia XM, Shi R, Jiao GS, Chen T, Qian HJ, Lu ZY. Temperature Effect on Interfacial Structure and Dynamics Properties in Polymer/Single-Chain Nanoparticle Composite. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201700029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Xiang-Meng Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 China
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Xu WS, Douglas JF, Freed KF. Influence of Pressure on Glass Formation in a Simulated Polymer Melt. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Materials
Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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Gooneie A, Schuschnigg S, Holzer C. A Review of Multiscale Computational Methods in Polymeric Materials. Polymers (Basel) 2017; 9:E16. [PMID: 30970697 PMCID: PMC6432151 DOI: 10.3390/polym9010016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Revised: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Polymeric materials display distinguished characteristics which stem from the interplay of phenomena at various length and time scales. Further development of polymer systems critically relies on a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of their hierarchical structure and behaviors. As such, the inherent multiscale nature of polymer systems is only reflected by a multiscale analysis which accounts for all important mechanisms. Since multiscale modelling is a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field, the emerging possibilities and challenges can be of a truly diverse nature. The present review attempts to provide a rather comprehensive overview of the recent developments in the field of multiscale modelling and simulation of polymeric materials. In order to understand the characteristics of the building blocks of multiscale methods, first a brief review of some significant computational methods at individual length and time scales is provided. These methods cover quantum mechanical scale, atomistic domain (Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics), mesoscopic scale (Brownian dynamics, dissipative particle dynamics, and lattice Boltzmann method), and finally macroscopic realm (finite element and volume methods). Afterwards, different prescriptions to envelope these methods in a multiscale strategy are discussed in details. Sequential, concurrent, and adaptive resolution schemes are presented along with the latest updates and ongoing challenges in research. In sequential methods, various systematic coarse-graining and backmapping approaches are addressed. For the concurrent strategy, we aimed to introduce the fundamentals and significant methods including the handshaking concept, energy-based, and force-based coupling approaches. Although such methods are very popular in metals and carbon nanomaterials, their use in polymeric materials is still limited. We have illustrated their applications in polymer science by several examples hoping for raising attention towards the existing possibilities. The relatively new adaptive resolution schemes are then covered including their advantages and shortcomings. Finally, some novel ideas in order to extend the reaches of atomistic techniques are reviewed. We conclude the review by outlining the existing challenges and possibilities for future research.
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- Ali Gooneie
- Chair of Polymer Processing, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Otto Gloeckel-Strasse 2, 8700 Leoben, Austria.
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- Chair of Polymer Processing, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Otto Gloeckel-Strasse 2, 8700 Leoben, Austria.
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- Chair of Polymer Processing, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Otto Gloeckel-Strasse 2, 8700 Leoben, Austria.
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Mathioudakis IG, Vogiatzis GG, Tzoumanekas C, Theodorou DN. Multiscale simulations of PS-SiO2 nanocomposites: from melt to glassy state. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:7585-7605. [PMID: 27532769 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm01536k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The interaction energetics, molecular packing, entanglement network properties, segmental dynamics, and elastic constants of atactic polystyrene-amorphous silica nanocomposites in the molten and the glassy state are studied via molecular simulations using two interconnected levels of representation: (a) a coarse-grained one, wherein each polystyrene repeat unit is mapped onto a single "superatom" and the silica nanoparticle is viewed as a solid sphere. Equilibration at all length scales at this level is achieved via connectivity-altering Monte Carlo simulations. (b) A united-atom (UA) level, wherein the polymer chains are represented in terms of a united-atom forcefield and the silica nanoparticle is represented in terms of a simplified, fully atomistic model. Initial configurations for UA molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are obtained by reverse mapping well-equilibrated coarse-grained configurations. By analysing microcanonical UA MD trajectories, the polymer density profile is studied and the polymer is found to exhibit layering in the vicinity of the nanoparticle surface. An estimate of the enthalpy of mixing between polymer and nanoparticles, derived from the UA simulations, compares favourably against available experimental values. The dynamical behaviour of polystyrene (in neat and filled melt systems) is characterized in terms of bond orientation and dihedral angle time autocorrelation functions. At low concentration in the molten polymer matrix, silica nanoparticles are found to cause a slight deceleration of the segmental dynamics close to their surface compared to the bulk polymer. Well-equilibrated coarse-grained long-chain configurations are reduced to entanglement networks via topological analysis with the CReTA algorithm, yielding a slightly lower density of entanglements in the filled than in the neat systems. UA melt configurations are glassified by MD cooling. The elastic moduli of the resulting glassy nanocomposites are computed through an analysis of strain fluctuations in the undeformed state and through explicit mechanical deformation by MD, showing a stiffening of the polymer in the presence of nanoparticles. UA simulation results for the elastic constants are compared to continuum micromechanical calculations invoked in homogenization models of the overall mechanical behaviour of heterogeneous materials. They can be interpreted in terms of the presence of an "interphase" of approximate thickness 2 nm around the nanoparticles, with elastic constants intermediate between those of the filler and the matrix.
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- I G Mathioudakis
- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou Campus, GR-15780 Athens, Greece.
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Moore TC, Iacovella CR, McCabe C. Development of a coarse-grained water forcefield via multistate iterative Boltzmann inversion. FOUNDATIONS OF MOLECULAR MODELING AND SIMULATION : SELECT PAPERS FROM FOMMS 2015. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOUNDATIONS OF MOLECULAR MODELING AND SIMULATION (6TH : 2015 : MOUNT HOOD, OR.) 2016; 2016:37-52. [PMID: 32483559 PMCID: PMC7262820 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1128-3_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A coarse-grained water model is developed using multistate iterative Boltzmann inversion. Following previous work, the k-means algorithm is used to dynamically map multiple water molecules to a single coarse-grained bead, allowing the use of structure-based coarse-graining methods. The model is derived to match the bulk and interfacial properties of liquid water and improves upon previous work that used single state iterative Boltzmann inversion. The model accurately reproduces the density and structural correlations of water at 305 K and 1.0 atm, stability of a liquid droplet at 305 K, and shows little tendency to crystallize at physiological conditions. This work also illustrates several advantages of using multistate iterative Boltzmann inversion for deriving generally applicable coarse-grained forcefields.
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- Timothy C. Moore
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
- Vanderbilt University Center for Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MuMS), Nashville, TN 37235
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
- Vanderbilt University Center for Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MuMS), Nashville, TN 37235
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
- Vanderbilt University Center for Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MuMS), Nashville, TN 37235
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
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Vagias A, Schultze J, Doroshenko M, Koynov K, Butt HJ, Gauthier M, Fytas G, Vlassopoulos D. Molecular Tracer Diffusion in Nondilute Polymer Solutions: Universal Master Curve and Glass Transition Effects. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Apostolos Vagias
- FORTH, Institute
of Electronic Structure and Laser, Heraklion 71110, Crete, Greece
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- Max-Planck-Institute
for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Polymer Research, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- FORTH, Institute
of Electronic Structure and Laser, Heraklion 71110, Crete, Greece
- Max-Planck-Institute
for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Department of Materials Science & Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion 70013, Crete, Greece
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- FORTH, Institute
of Electronic Structure and Laser, Heraklion 71110, Crete, Greece
- Department of Materials Science & Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion 70013, Crete, Greece
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Hsu DD, Xia W, Arturo SG, Keten S. Thermomechanically Consistent and Temperature Transferable Coarse-Graining of Atactic Polystyrene. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Core Research & Development, The Dow Chemical Company, 400 Arcola Rd., Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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Rissanou AN, Harmandaris V. Structural and Dynamical Properties of Polystyrene Thin Films Supported by Multiple Graphene Layers. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/ma502524e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Anastassia N. Rissanou
- Institute of Applied and Computational
Mathematics (IACM), Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), GR-71110 Heraklion, Crete Greece
- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, GR-71409, Heraklion, Crete Greece
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- Institute of Applied and Computational
Mathematics (IACM), Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), GR-71110 Heraklion, Crete Greece
- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, GR-71409, Heraklion, Crete Greece
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Santamaria R, Adamowicz L, Rosas-Acevedo H. Microscopic pressure-cooker model for studying molecules in confinement. Mol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2014.968649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kobryn AE, Nikolić D, Lyubimova O, Gusarov S, Kovalenko A. Dissipative Particle Dynamics with an Effective Pair Potential from Integral Equation Theory of Molecular Liquids. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:12034-49. [DOI: 10.1021/jp503981p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Alexander E. Kobryn
- National
Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Canada, 11421
Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M9, Canada
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- National
Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Canada, 11421
Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M9, Canada
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G8, Canada
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- National
Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Canada, 11421
Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M9, Canada
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G8, Canada
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- National
Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Canada, 11421
Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M9, Canada
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- National
Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Canada, 11421
Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M9, Canada
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G8, Canada
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Ozmaian M, Naghdabadi R. Molecular dynamics simulation study of glass transition in hydrated Nafion. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.23508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- M. Ozmaian
- Institute for Nano Science and Technology; Sharif University of Technology; Tehran Iran
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- Institute for Nano Science and Technology; Sharif University of Technology; Tehran Iran
- Department of Mechanical Engineering; Sharif University of Technology; P.O. Box 11365-3567 Tehran Iran
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Agrawal A, Aryal D, Perahia D, Ge T, Grest GS. Coarse-Graining Atactic Polystyrene and Its Analogues. Macromolecules 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/ma500319v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Anupriya Agrawal
- Department
of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Sandia
National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, United States
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Vogiatzis GG, Theodorou DN. Local Segmental Dynamics and Stresses in Polystyrene–C60 Mixtures. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma402214r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Georgios G. Vogiatzis
- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou
Campus, GR-15780 Athens, Greece
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou
Campus, GR-15780 Athens, Greece
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Rissanou AN, Harmandaris V. A Molecular Dynamics Study of Polymer/Graphene Nanocomposites. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/masy.201300070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Anastassia N. Rissanou
- Department of Applied Mathematics; University of Crete; GR-71409 Heraklion Crete Greece
- Archimedes Center for Analysis, Modeling & Computation; University of Crete; P.O. Box 2208 GR-71003 Heraklion Greece
- Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics (IACM); Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH); GR-71110 Heraklion Crete Greece
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- Department of Applied Mathematics; University of Crete; GR-71409 Heraklion Crete Greece
- Archimedes Center for Analysis, Modeling & Computation; University of Crete; P.O. Box 2208 GR-71003 Heraklion Greece
- Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics (IACM); Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH); GR-71110 Heraklion Crete Greece
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Harmandaris V, Doxastakis M. Molecular dynamics of polyisoprene/polystyrene oligomer blends: The role of self-concentration and fluctuations on blend dynamics. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:034904. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4813019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Harmandaris VA, Kremer K, Floudas G. Dynamic heterogeneity in fully miscible blends of polystyrene with oligostyrene. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:165701. [PMID: 23679622 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.165701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Binary blends of polystyrene with oligostyrene are perfectly miscible (χ=0) yet dynamically heterogeneous. This is evidenced by independent probing of the dipole relaxation perpendicular to the backbone by dielectric spectroscopy and molecular dynamics. The self-concentration model with a single intramolecular length scale qualitatively describes the slower segmental dynamics. A quantitative comparison based on MD, however, requires a composition-dependent length scale. The pertinent dynamic length scale that best describes the slow segmental dynamics in miscible blends relates to both intra- and intermolecular contributions.
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- Vagelis A Harmandaris
- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, and IACM FORTH GR-71110 Heraklion, Greece.
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Yan LT, Xie XM. Computational modeling and simulation of nanoparticle self-assembly in polymeric systems: Structures, properties and external field effects. Prog Polym Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2012.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Xie SJ, Qian HJ, Lu ZY. The influence of internal rotational barriers and temperature on static and dynamic properties of bulk atactic polystyrene. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:244903. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4772404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Chang WY, Chang RY. Shear rate dependence of free energy barrier height for phenyl ring rotations in polystyrene based on non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2012.696639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Karimi-Varzaneh HA, van der Vegt NFA, Müller-Plathe F, Carbone P. How Good Are Coarse-Grained Polymer Models? A Comparison for Atactic Polystyrene. Chemphyschem 2012; 13:3428-39. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201200111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Revised: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Ndoro TVM, Böhm MC, Müller-Plathe F. Interface and Interphase Dynamics of Polystyrene Chains near Grafted and Ungrafted Silica Nanoparticles. Macromolecules 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ma2020613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tinashe V. M. Ndoro
- Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie and Center of Smart Interfaces, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstraße 20, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie and Center of Smart Interfaces, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstraße 20, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie and Center of Smart Interfaces, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstraße 20, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Fritz D, Koschke K, Harmandaris VA, van der Vegt NFA, Kremer K. Multiscale modeling of soft matter: scaling of dynamics. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:10412-20. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cp20247b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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