Ring polymers have fascinated theorists, simulators, and experimentalists as they are the
simplest polymer without ends, giving rise to important topology related properties. We …

Polar host materials with strong adsorption capacity of polysulfides are designed to limit the
shuttle effect in sulfur cathodes. However, a critical problem is to control diffusion and …

The physical properties of polymers depend on a range of both structural and chemical
parameters, and in particular, on molecular topology. Apparently simple changes such as …

We combine linear viscoelastic measurements and modeling in order to explore the
dynamics of blends of the same-molecular-weight ring and linear polymers in the regime of …

Double-stranded DNA offers a robust platform for investigating fundamental questions
regarding the dynamics of entangled polymer solutions. The exceptional monodispersity …

Atomistic configurations of model unentangled ring polyethylene (PE) melts ranging in chain
length from C24 up to C400 have been subjected to detailed molecular dynamics (MD) …

An alkyne− azide addition, ie, click, reaction in conjunction with an electrostatic self-
assembly and covalent fixation (ESA-CF) process has been demonstrated to effectively …

Adding small amounts of ring polymers to a matrix of their linear counterparts is known to
increase the zero-shear-rate viscosity because of linear-ring threading. Uniaxial extensional …

Novel nanocomposites were prepared by blending linear or cyclic poly (ε-caprolactones)
with two types of chemically modified carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The low-polydispersity …

We report results from an atomistic molecular dynamics simulation study of ring-linear poly
(ethylene oxide)(PEO) melts followed by a topological reduction to ensembles of primitive …