Maria Ina, Zhen Cao, Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnoosfaderani, Matthew H. Everhart, William F. M. Daniel, Andrey V. Dobrynin, and Sergei S. Sheiko Fundamental understanding of rigid particle indentation into soft elastic substrates has been elusive for decades. In conventional heterogeneous and multicomponent … Read more
Heyi Liang, Zhen Cao, Zilu Wang, Sergei S. Sheiko, and Andrey V. Dobrynin We use a combination of the coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations and scaling analysis to study conformations of bottlebrush and comb-like polymers in a melt. Our analysis shows … Read more
Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnoosfaderani, William F. M. Daniel, Alexandr P. Zhushma, Qiaoxi Li, Benjamin J. Morgan, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Daniel P. Armstrong, Richard J. Spontak, Andrey V. Dobrynin, and Sergei S. Sheiko Freestanding, single-component dielectric actuators are designed based on bottlebrush elastomers that … Read more
Zhen Cao, William F. M. Daniel, Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnosfaderani, Sergei S. Sheiko, and Andrey V. Dobrynin The deformation dynamics of bottlebrush networks in a melt state is studied using a combination of theoretical, computational, and experimental techniques. Three main molecular relaxation … Read more
Yuanchao Li, Zhenbin Niu, Joanna Burdynska, Alper Nese, Yang Zhou, Zachary S. Kean, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Stephen L. Craig, Sergei S. Sheiko Polymer bottlebrushes may be viewed as hairy flexible cylinders with a long backbone and a thick … Read more
William F. M. Daniel, Joanna Burdynska, Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnoosfaderani, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Jarosław Paturej, Michael Rubinstein, Andrey V. Dobrynin and Sergei S. Sheiko Polymer gels are the only viable class of synthetic materials with a Young’s modulus below 100 kPa conforming to … Read more
Zhen Cao, Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo, Sergei S. Sheiko, and Andrey V. Dobrynin Using a combination of molecular dynamics simulations and analytical calculations, we study dense bottle-brush systems in a melt and network state. Analysis of our simulation results shows that … Read more
