Biological and synthetic membranes: What can be learned from a coarse-grained description?

M Müller, K Katsov, M Schick - Physics Reports, 2006‏ - Elsevier
We discuss the role coarse-grained models play in the investigation of the structure and
thermodynamics of bilayer membranes, and we place them in the context of alternative …

Self-consistent-field theories for complex fluids

F Schmid - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 1998‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Recent developments in off-lattice self-consistent-field theories for inhomogeneous complex
fluids are reviewed. Particular emphasis is given to the treatment of intermolecular …

Unifying weak-and strong-segregation block copolymer theories

MW Matsen, FS Bates - Macromolecules, 1996‏ - ACS Publications
A mean-field phase diagram for conformationally symmetric diblock melts using the standard
Gaussian polymer model is presented. Our calculation, which traverses the weak-to strong …

Improved convergence in block copolymer self-consistent field theory by Anderson mixing

RB Thompson, KO Rasmussen… - The Journal of chemical …, 2004‏ - pubs.aip.org
A modification to real space polymeric self-consistent field theory algorithms that greatly
improves the convergence properties is presented. The method is based on Anderson …

Symmetric diblock copolymers in thin films. I. Phase stability in self-consistent field calculations and Monte Carlo simulations

T Geisinger, M Müller, K Binder - The Journal of chemical physics, 1999‏ - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the phase behavior of symmetric AB diblock copolymers confined into a thin
film. The film boundaries are parallel, impenetrable and attract the A component of the …

Incorporating fluctuations and dynamics in self-consistent field theories for polymer blends

M Müller, F Schmid - Advanced computer simulation approaches for soft …, 2005‏ - Springer
We review various methods to investigate the statics and the dynamics of collective
composition fluctuations in dense polymer mixtures within fluctuating-field approaches. The …

Universal phenomenology of symmetric diblock copolymers near the order–disorder transition

P Medapuram, J Glaser, DC Morse - Macromolecules, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
We present a simulation study of how properties of symmetric diblock copolymers depend
on the invariant degree of polymerization N̅, focusing on the vicinity of the order–disorder …

Direct measurements of polymer brush conformation using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) from highly grafted iron oxide nanoparticles in homopolymer melts

MJA Hore, J Ford, K Ohno, RJ Composto… - …, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is a sensitive technique that is able to probe the
structure of polymer-grafted nanoparticles and free polymer chains. Here, we combine …

Phase transitions of polymer blends and block copolymer melts in thin films

K Binder - Polymers in Confined Environments, 1999‏ - Springer
Polymer mixtures and block copolymers in thin film geometry find much recent attention,
both theoretically [1–63] and experimentally [5, 7, 8, 29, 64–122]. This interest arises …

Polymer translocation through a nanopore. II. Excluded volume effect

CY Kong, M Muthukumar - The Journal of chemical physics, 2004‏ - pubs.aip.org
The translocation of macromolecules through narrow pores is an important phenomenon in
many biological systems. Examples include phage infection, 1 bacterial conjugation, 2 and …