DPD modelling of the self-and co-assembly of polymers and polyelectrolytes in aqueous media: Impact on polymer science

K Procházka, Z Limpouchová, M Štěpánek, K Šindelka… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review article is addressed to a broad community of polymer scientists. We outline and
analyse the fundamentals of the dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulation method from …

100th anniversary of macromolecular science viewpoint: Attractive soft matter: Association kinetics, dynamics, and pathway complexity in electrostatically …

CCM Sproncken, JR Magana, IK Voets - ACS Macro Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrostatically coassembled micelles constitute a versatile class of functional soft materials
with broad application potential as, for example, encapsulation agents for nanomedicine …

Salt counterion valency controls the ionization and morphology of weak polyelectrolyte miktoarm stars

L Nová, F Uhlík - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
The properties of weak polyelectrolyte polymer blocks vary as a function of the ionic strength
and salt counterion valency. However, the specific conformational and ionization behaviors …

Theoretical treatment of complex coacervate core micelles: structure and pH-induced disassembly

G Debais, LL Missoni, YAP Sirkin, M Tagliazucchi - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Complex coacervate core micelles (C3Ms) are supramolecular soft nanostructures formed
by the assembly of a block copolymer and an oppositely charged homopolymer. The …

Core–Satellite Micelles by a Linear A1B1A2B2 Tetrablock Copolymer

S Ahn, H Yoon, C Duan, W Li, JK Kim - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Block copolymers in water or compatible solvents show micelles with various shapes, such
as worm-like, vesicles, and spheres. In this study, we prepared core–satellite micelles by …

Reversible multilayered vesicle-like structures with fluid hydrophobic and interpolyelectrolyte layers

A Murmiliuk, SK Filippov, O Rud, P Košovan… - Journal of colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrophobic blocks of amphiphilic block copolymers often form glassy micellar cores at
room temperature with a rigid structure that limits their applications as nanocapsules for …

Comprehensive Multidimensional Characterization of Polyelectrolytes and Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes in Aqueous Solutions

A Murmiliuk, S Hladysh, SK Filippov… - Reviews and Advances in …, 2022 - Springer
In this paper we give the overview of our latest results on the complexation between
polyelectrolytes and oppositely charged low-molar mass species, proteins, homopolymers …

Discovery of unusual morphological evolution of A-graft-(B-block-C) graft terpolymers by tuning the length of B component

X Zhang, X Fan - Chemical Physics Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
The self-assembly behaviors and morphological evolutions of the Ag-BC graft terpolymers in
A-backbone-attractive solvents were examined by using the real-space implemented self …

The study of the self-and co-assembly of block copolymers and block polyelectrolytes

RK Raya - 2021 - dspace.cuni.cz
The Thesis describe my studies based on self-assembly and co-assembly of block
copolymer micelles that I conducted at the Department of Physical and Macro-molecular …