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Rotation Dynamics of Star Block Copolymers under Shear Flow
Star block-copolymers (SBCs) are macromolecules formed by a number of diblock copolymers anchored to a common central core, being the internal monomers solvophilic and the end monomers solvophobic. Recent studies have demonstrated that SBCs constitute self-assembling building blocks with specific so...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6404076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30960785 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10080860 |
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author | Jaramillo-Cano, Diego Likos, Christos N. Camargo, Manuel |
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description | Star block-copolymers (SBCs) are macromolecules formed by a number of diblock copolymers anchored to a common central core, being the internal monomers solvophilic and the end monomers solvophobic. Recent studies have demonstrated that SBCs constitute self-assembling building blocks with specific softness, functionalization, shape and flexibility. Depending on different physical and chemical parameters, the SBCs can behave as flexible patchy particles. In this paper, we study the rotational dynamics of isolated SBCs using a hybrid mesoscale simulation technique. We compare three different approaches to analyze the dynamics: the laboratory frame, the non-inertial Eckart’s frame and a geometrical approximation relating the conformation of the SBC to the velocity profile of the solvent. We find that the geometrical approach is adequate when dealing with very soft systems, while in the opposite extreme, the dynamics is best explained using the laboratory frame. On the other hand, the Eckart frame is found to be very general and to reproduced well both extreme cases. We also compare the rotational frequency and the kinetic energy with the definitions of the angular momentum and inertia tensor from recent publications. |
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spelling | pubmed-64040762019-04-02 Rotation Dynamics of Star Block Copolymers under Shear Flow Jaramillo-Cano, Diego Likos, Christos N. Camargo, Manuel Polymers (Basel) Article Star block-copolymers (SBCs) are macromolecules formed by a number of diblock copolymers anchored to a common central core, being the internal monomers solvophilic and the end monomers solvophobic. Recent studies have demonstrated that SBCs constitute self-assembling building blocks with specific softness, functionalization, shape and flexibility. Depending on different physical and chemical parameters, the SBCs can behave as flexible patchy particles. In this paper, we study the rotational dynamics of isolated SBCs using a hybrid mesoscale simulation technique. We compare three different approaches to analyze the dynamics: the laboratory frame, the non-inertial Eckart’s frame and a geometrical approximation relating the conformation of the SBC to the velocity profile of the solvent. We find that the geometrical approach is adequate when dealing with very soft systems, while in the opposite extreme, the dynamics is best explained using the laboratory frame. On the other hand, the Eckart frame is found to be very general and to reproduced well both extreme cases. We also compare the rotational frequency and the kinetic energy with the definitions of the angular momentum and inertia tensor from recent publications. MDPI 2018-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6404076/ /pubmed/30960785 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10080860 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Jaramillo-Cano, Diego Likos, Christos N. Camargo, Manuel Rotation Dynamics of Star Block Copolymers under Shear Flow |
title | Rotation Dynamics of Star Block Copolymers under Shear Flow |
title_full | Rotation Dynamics of Star Block Copolymers under Shear Flow |
title_fullStr | Rotation Dynamics of Star Block Copolymers under Shear Flow |
title_full_unstemmed | Rotation Dynamics of Star Block Copolymers under Shear Flow |
title_short | Rotation Dynamics of Star Block Copolymers under Shear Flow |
title_sort | rotation dynamics of star block copolymers under shear flow |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6404076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30960785 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10080860 |
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