Microenvironment-mediated cancer dormancy: Insights from metastability theory

S Bakhshandeh, C Werner, P Fratzl… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Dormancy is an evolutionarily conserved protective mechanism widely observed in nature. A
pathological example is found during cancer metastasis, where cancer cells disseminate …

Mesoscale morphologies in polymer thin films

M Ramanathan, SB Darling - Progress in Polymer Science, 2011 - Elsevier
In the midst of an exciting era of polymer nanoscience, where the development of materials
and understanding of properties at the nanoscale remain a major R&D endeavor, there are …

Effect of amphiphilic polymers on phase separating binary mixtures: A DPD simulation study

A Chauhan, D Gogoi, S Puri, A Singh - The Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We present the phase separation dynamics of a binary (AB), simple fluid (SF), and
amphiphilic polymer (AP) mixture using dissipative particle dynamics simulation at d= 3. We …

Effect of confinement and topology: 2-TIPS vs. MIPS

N Venkatareddy, J Mandal, PK Maiti - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
2-TIPS (two temperature induced phase separation) refers to the phase separation
phenomenon observed in mixtures of active and passive particles which are modelled using …

The elastic mechanical response of supported thin polymer films

PC Chung, E Glynos, PF Green - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nanoindentation studies of the mechanical properties of sufficiently thin polymer films,
supported by stiff substrates, indicate that the mechanical moduli are generally higher than …

Simulation of surface-directed phase separation in a solution-processed polymer/PCBM blend

JJ Michels, E Moons - Macromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
The formation of the surface-induced stratified lamellar composition profile experimentally
evidenced in spincoated layers of the photovoltaic donor–acceptor blend consisting of poly …

Kinetics of phase separation in fluids: A molecular dynamics study

S Ahmad, SK Das, S Puri - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2010 - APS
We present results from extensive three-dimensional molecular dynamics (MD) simulations
of phase separation kinetics in fluids. A coarse-graining procedure is used to obtain state-of …

Large scale simulation of block copolymers with cell dynamics

M Pinna, AV Zvelindovsky - The European Physical Journal B, 2012 - Springer
Cell dynamics simulation (CDS) is a fast method to simulate kinetic processes in phase
separating systems of large sizes. We review this method applied to block copolymer …

Impact of complex topology of porous media on phase separation of binary mixtures

R Shimizu, H Tanaka - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
Porous materials, which are characterized by the large surface area and percolated nature
crucial for transport, play an important role in many technological applications including …

Diffusive domain coarsening: Early time dynamics and finite-size effects

S Majumder, SK Das - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2011 - APS
We study the diffusive dynamics of phase separation in a symmetric binary (A+ B) mixture
with a 50: 50 composition of A and B particles, following a quench below the demixing …