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Surface-Induced Ordering on Model Liquid Crystalline Dendrimers

Zerihun G. Workineh and
Alexandros G. Vanakaras

Polymers2014, 6(8), 2082-2099;https://doi.org/10.3390/polym6082082

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30 July 2014

The surface alignment of liquid crystalline dendrimers (LCDrs) is a key factor for many of their potential applications. Here, we present results from Monte Carlo simulations of LCDrs adsorbed on flat, impenetrable aligning substrates. A tractable co...

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Structure and Mechanical Response of Polybutylcarbosilane Dendrimers Confined in a Flat Slit: Effect of Molecular Architecture and Generation Number

Andrey O. Kurbatov,
Nikolay K. Balabaev,
Kirill A. Litvin and
Elena Yu. Kramarenko

Polymers2023, 15(20), 4040;https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15204040

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10 October 2023

Due to the absence of specific interactions, carbosilane dendrimers are ideal models to study the effect of a hyperbranched regular structure on the molecular response to external influences. In this work, we have studied the conformational behavior...

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The Hydrophobic Effect Studied by Using Interacting Colloidal Suspensions

Francesco Mallamace,
Giuseppe Mensitieri,
Martina Salzano de Luna and
Domenico Mallamace

Int. J. Mol. Sci.2023, 24(3), 2003;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24032003

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19 January 2023

Interactions between nanoparticles (NPs) determine their self-organization and dynamic processes. In these systems, a quantitative description of the interparticle forces is complicated by the presence of the hydrophobic effect (HE), treatable only q...

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