Article
Polymer Science
Dong-Dong Wang, Kai-Feng Yu, Xiao-Lei Xu, Wen-Sheng Xu
Summary: It has been found that the unique relaxation property of multi-arm star polymers leads to unusual rheological behaviors. The stress-strain response of multi-arm star polymer melts differs from that of star polymers with a small number of arms, and a double stress overshoot appears when the flow strength is comparable to the relaxation time of the star polymers.
CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Polymer Science
Dong-dong Wang, Xiao-lei Xu
Summary: The stress and structural behaviors of non-entangled comb polymer melts under start-up shear flow were studied and compared with those of linear polymer. The results showed that the stress-strain response of comb polymer is almost the same as that of linear polymer, with only numerical differences. The branch chains of comb polymer have little influence on the rheological behavior.
ACTA POLYMERICA SINICA
(2022)
Review
Polymer Science
Daniele Parisi, Jiho Seo, Richard P. Schaake, Alicyn M. Rhoades, Ralph H. Colby
Summary: This study focuses on the shear-induced isotropic-nematic transition exhibited by PEEK melts, revealing a relationship between zero-shear viscosity and molecular weight. The shear-induced I-N transition is characterized by three distinct regimes in the flow curves, providing insights into this intriguing phenomenon.
PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Alexander Ya Malkin, Igor' Gumennyi, Ali D. Aliev, Anatoly E. Chalykh, Valery G. Kulichikhin
Summary: The study analyzed the evolution of the morphology of two incompatible polymer melts in a capillary flow using analytical electron microscopy. The spatial distribution and orientation of the polymers were found to be minimally affected by the specified shear rate, with a thin boundary layer formed by the low-viscosity LC polymer being the only significant change observed.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
(2021)
Article
Polymer Science
Daniele Parisi, Salvatore Costanzo, Youncheol Jeong, Junyoung Ahn, Taihyun Chang, Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Jonathan D. Halverson, Kurt Kremer, Ting Ge, Michael Rubinstein, Gary S. Grest, Watee Srinin, Alexander Y. Grosberg
Summary: Experimental, simulation, and theoretical studies on the steady-state shear viscosity of unconcatenated ring polymer melts show weaker shear thinning compared to linear polymers, with a power law relationship between shear viscosity and shear rate independent of chain length.
Article
Polymer Science
Wei Li, Pritam K. Jana, Alireza F. Behbahani, Georgios Kritikos, Ludwig Schneider, Patrycja Polinska, Craig Burkhart, Vagelis A. Harmandaris, Marcus Mueller, Manolis Doxastakis
Summary: A hierarchical triple-scale simulation methodology is applied to investigate the dynamics of cis-1,4 polyisoprene melts, showing good agreement with experimental data, especially for highly entangled polymer melts. The study provides parameter-free predictions on the dynamics of polymeric materials.
Article
Mechanics
Colin Leclercq, Denis Sipp
Summary: This paper introduces a new operator called the mean resolvent R-0, which is relevant in input-output analysis of flows. The operator provides the statistically optimal linear time-invariant approximation of the input-output dynamics, particularly in flow control applications. The theory is developed for the periodic case, and the poles of the operator correspond to the Floquet exponents of the system.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
Yexin Zheng, Mesfin Tsige, Shi-Qing Wang
Summary: In this study, molecular dynamics simulations were used to investigate the entanglement lockup phenomena in the uniaxial melt stretching of entangled polymer melts. The results revealed that under high strains, the entanglement network became increasingly tighter, leading to chain tension and the formation of network junctions. It was hypothesized that the interchain entanglement at junctions can lockup as long as certain conditions are met. This study provides insights into the mechanical properties of polymer materials.
MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
Heyi Liang, Kenji Yoshimoto, Masahiro Kitabata, Umi Yamamoto, Juan J. de Pablo
Summary: In this study, a multiscale simulation method is used to investigate the rheological properties of entangled Nylon 6 melts. The calculated results agree reasonably with experiments, showing the potential of this approach for designing polymeric materials based on purely molecular models.
JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Polymer Science
Zipeng Xu, Ruikun Sun, Wei Lu, Shalin Patil, Jimmy Mays, Kenneth S. Schweizer, Shiwang Cheng
Summary: Understanding the nonequilibrium dynamics of topologically entangled polymers under strong external deformation has been a grand challenge in polymer science for more than half a century. This article presents new experimental and theoretical developments to investigate the steady-state shear viscosity of entangled polymer melts at high Rouse Weissenberg numbers. The results reveal shear-thinning behavior and a dynamic scaling model is proposed to explain this behavior.
Article
Physics, Applied
Ji-Xuan Hou
Summary: In this paper, a coarse-graining method is presented to obtain the primitive chain from a polymer chain configuration in the entangled polymer melt by eliminating high-frequency Rouse modes. Theoretical demonstration shows that the tube step length is twice the tube diameter using this coarse-graining procedure. Additionally, a simple method to visualize the tube by adding high-frequency modes to the primitive chain is also provided.
MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS B
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
Zipeng Xu, Ruikun Sun, Wei Lu, Shalin Patil, Jimmy Mays, Kenneth S. Schweizer, Shiwang Cheng
Summary: Understanding the nonequilibrium dynamics of topologically entangled polymers under strong external deformation has been a long-standing challenge in polymer science. Through new experimental and theoretical developments, a unified understanding of the shear viscosity of entangled polymer melts at high Rouse Weissenberg numbers has been established, revealing the influence of polymerization degree, shear rate, and shear stress on viscosity.
Article
Polymer Science
Seung Heum Jeong, Soowon Cho, Chunggi Baig
Summary: This study presents a detailed analysis of the scaling behavior of chain rotation dynamics in shear flow for melt and dilute linear polymer systems. The results show that dilute systems with hydrodynamic interaction (HI) and excluded volume (EV) effects exhibit two distinct scaling behaviors of chain rotation time between the intermediate and strong flow regimes. In contrast, free-draining dilute polymer systems display a simpler single-scaling behavior throughout the intermediate-to-strong flow regimes. The combined HI and EV effects weaken the structural change of polymer chains and enhance chain rotation dynamics by disturbing chain stretch and alignment to the flow direction. The presence of intermolecular interactions between chains in melt systems leads to two distinct scaling behaviors of chain rotation time as well. The overall scaling behavior of chain rotation is determined by the kinematically stable angular regions near the flow direction, while the kinematically unstable angular regions exhibit affine chain rotation dynamics. This study provides important insights into the understanding of chain rotation dynamics in shear flow.
Article
Polymer Science
Ai-Qing Liu, Li-Jun Liu, Wen-Sheng Xu, Xiao-Lei Xu, Ji-Zhong Chen, Li-Jia An
Summary: The stress-structure relationship of telechelic reversible associating polymer gel shows significant variations under different shear strengths, exhibiting distinct stress-strain curve characteristics.
CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Marine
Yangping Lu, Lei Tan, Yadong Han, Ming Liu
Summary: Cavitation and vibration are important characteristics in pumps, and there is a strong correlation between the two. A synchronous experimental system was built to measure cavitation and vibration in pumps under different rotational speed accelerations. Results show that high-amplitude vibrations occur after cavitation, and a new criterion method is proposed to judge cavitation occurrence.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sameer Varma, Joseph P. R. O. Orgel, Jay D. Schieber
Summary: The study found that removal of hydroxylation has minimal effect on the macroscopic structure of collagen, but does have some impact on local structure, hydrogen bonding capacity, and electrostatic attraction. Experimental observations show that hydroxylation removal has minimal effect on collagen's D-band length, gap-overlap ratio, monomer width, and monomer length. Interestingly, de-hydroxylation also has a minor effect on the fibril's Young's modulus, with accompanying changes in triple-helix windings.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
Jay D. Schieber, Andres Cordoba
Summary: This study uses straightforward energy and entropy balances to test the thermodynamic consistency of microstructural rheological models, identifying requirements for non-negative entropy production and adherence to the second law of thermodynamics. Several illustrative examples show that models using relaxation functions proportional to the free energy gradient are easier to check for compliance, while models using other types of relaxation functions may violate thermodynamic laws.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Andres Rojano, Andres Cordoba, Jens H. Walther, Harvey A. Zambrano
Summary: A comprehensive understanding of fluid dynamics of dilute electrolyte solutions in nanoconfinement is essential to develop more efficient nanofluidic devices. In nanoconduits, the electrical double layer can occupy a considerable part of the channel cross-section, therefore the transport properties of a nanoconfined electrolyte solution can be altered by interfacial phenomena such as the charge inversion (CI).
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Mechanics
Andres Cordoba, Jay D. Schieber
Summary: A complete error propagation procedure for passive microrheology is demonstrated, incorporating statistical uncertainty in autocorrelations for any time series data and accounting for correlation in bead position data. Neglecting the correlation in the bead position data can lead to underestimation of the error in the mean-squared displacement of the probe bead by a factor of about 20.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Joan M. Montes de Oca, Johnson Dhanasekaran, Andres Cordoba, Seth B. Darling, Juan J. de Pablo
Summary: Janus nanopores show promise as ionic current rectifiers, with efficiency increasing as their diameter decreases, but little is known about the underlying transport processes under experimental conditions. Molecular simulations with explicit water and ions reveal previously unknown features, leading to a proposed model explaining ionic current rectification in Janus pores.
Article
Oncology
Marcela Mercado-Montoya, Tatiana Gomez-Bustamante, Enrique Berjano, Steven Mickelsen, James Daniels, Pablo Hernandez-Arango, Jay Schieber, Erik Kulstad
Summary: Proactive esophageal cooling significantly reduces temperatures and damage in the esophagus during high-power short-duration ablation. These findings provide a mechanistic rationale for the high level of safety achieved so far using proactive esophageal cooling and highlight the inadequacy of temperature monitoring alone in avoiding thermal damage to the esophagus.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTHERMIA
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Andres Cordoba, Joan M. Montes de Oca, Johnson Dhanasekaran, Seth B. Darling, Juan J. de Pablo
Summary: Bipolar nanochannels with charged nanoparticles can significantly enhance current rectification, potentially providing new opportunities for designing nanopore membrane-nanoparticle systems for energy storage.
MOLECULAR SYSTEMS DESIGN & ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Jeffrey G. Ethier, Andres Cordoba, Jay D. Schieber
Summary: Prior studies have demonstrated the accuracy of the discrete slip-link model (DSM) in predicting the rheology of entangled polymer systems. This work discusses the implementation of the fixed slip-link model and the clustered fixed slip-link model in Python, showing that Python can also utilize GPUs for fast quantitative rheological predictions. The developed pyDSM code allows for easy-to-use GPU computing and can be integrated with other simulation or data analysis software. Evaluation: 8/10
COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Mechanics
Diego Becerra, Andres Cordoba, Jens H. Walther, Harvey A. Zambrano
Summary: Through atomic-level simulations, it is found that graphene coating significantly enhances water flow in nanochannels compared to hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) coating. The natural undulations of graphene coating further enhance water flow.
Article
Mechanics
Andres Cordoba, Jay D. Schieber
Summary: In this study, the dynamics and stability of a swarm of microswimmers are examined using a thermodynamically compliant microswimmer model. The research findings show that microswimmers in the swarm can swim much faster than when alone in an infinite sea, and the crystalline arrangement of the swarm plays a crucial role in the hydrodynamic interaction between swimmers. Moreover, the study reveals that hydrodynamic torques have a stabilizing effect on swarms of pullers but destabilize swarms of pushers. By considering fuel consumption and high order hydrodynamic interactions, the full dynamics of the swarm's stability are investigated.