The ability to predict the mechanical properties of organic semiconductors is of critical
importance for roll-to-roll production and thermomechanical reliability of organic electronic …

Numerical analysis of the hyperelastic behavior of polymer materials has drawn significant
interest from within the field of mechanical engineering. Currently, hyperelastic models …

We present a multiscale model bridging length and time scales from molecular to continuum
levels with the objective of predicting the yield behavior of amorphous glassy polyethylene …

Although many studies have analyzed the various properties of glassy polymer thin films, the
failure mode and nonlinear mechanical response have only recently received attention. Due …

A coarse-grained (CG) model for atactic polystyrene is presented and studied with classical
molecular-dynamics simulations. The interactions between the CG segments are described …

Block copolymer self-assembly is affected by nanoscale confinement, which has long been
known to affect interchain entanglements and dynamics of polymers. While most previous …

Oriented polystyrene (PS) has attracted attention due to its capability of sequential self-
folding behaviors by infrared (IR) light heating. It has been seen that temporal changes of …

This research investigates deformation behavior of polystyrene (PS) as a thermoplastic
resist material for the thermal nanoimprint lithography (T-NIL) process. Molecular dynamics …

Non-crystalline solids have important applications in engineering and science. To predict
the stress-strain behaviour of these materials, this work constructs an efficient strain energy …

Polymer materials started to play an important role in engineering applications in the last
century. Simultaneously, polymer science has been established and further developed …