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  • Open Access
5 Citations
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11 Pages

27 July 2016

A Monte Carlo study of the mean-square radius of gyration R g 2 and scattering function P ( k ) with k the magnitude of the scattering vector for semiflexible ring polymers of the trefoil knot was conducted by the use of the disc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,789 Views
9 Pages

26 July 2023

We studied the dynamic behavior of a single semiflexible ring in linear chain matrix based on a coarse-grained model using the molecular dynamics simulation approach. We found that that ring chains’ hollow centers are frequently filled with lin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,058 Views
15 Pages

11 November 2020

The effects of topological constraints on penetration structures of semi-flexible ring polymers in a melt are investigated using molecular dynamics simulations, considering simultaneously the effects of the chain stiffness. Three topology types of ri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,775 Views
14 Pages

2 December 2019

Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the conformations of binary semiflexible ring polymers (SRPs) of two different lengths confined in a hard sphere. Segregated structures of SRPs in binary mixtures are strongly depe...

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  • Open Access
2,632 Views
13 Pages

24 November 2022

Based on the coarse-grained model, we used molecular dynamics methods to calculate and simulate a semiflexible long ring–semiflexible short ring blended polymer system confined in a hard sphere. We systematically studied the distribution and mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,209 Views
16 Pages

In this work, the conformational behaviors of ring polyelectrolyte in tetravalent salt solutions are discussed in detail through molecular dynamics simulation. For simplification, here we have neglected the effect of the twisting interaction, althoug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,637 Views
13 Pages

Compression and Stretching of Confined Linear and Ring Polymers by Applying Force

  • Wenduo Chen,
  • Xiangxin Kong,
  • Qianqian Wei,
  • Huaiyu Chen,
  • Jiayin Liu and
  • Dazhi Jiang

30 November 2021

We use Langevin dynamics to study the deformations of linear and ring polymers in different confinements by applying compression and stretching forces on their two sides. Our results show that the compression deformations are the results of an interp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
886 Views
14 Pages

27 March 2025

Understanding the structural dynamics of semiflexible polymers in an implicit solvent under varying conditions provides valuable insights into their behavior in diverse environments. In this work, we systematically investigate the effect of the angul...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,632 Views
11 Pages

28 May 2018

The effect of the polymer chain topology structure on the adsorption behavior in the polymer-nanoparticle (NP) interface is investigated by employing coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations in various polymer-NP interaction and chain stiffness....

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  • Open Access
1,227 Views
16 Pages

Structure–Property Relationships in Zwitterionic Pyridinium–Triazole Ligands: Insights from Crystal Engineering and Hirshfeld Surface Analysis

  • Gerzon E. Delgado,
  • Jonathan Cisterna,
  • Jaime Llanos,
  • Ruth Pulido,
  • Nelson Naveas,
  • Pilar Narea,
  • Pilar Amo-Ochoa,
  • Félix Zamora,
  • Yasna León and
  • Iván Brito

This article discloses the synthesis of four new positional isomeric zwitterionic ligands exhibiting semi-flexible and flexible characteristics—n-pyridinium-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxy-5-Acetate (n-PTCA), and n-methylpyridinium-1,2,3-triazole-4-ca...