Shape characteristics of the aggregates formed by amphiphilic stars in water: dissipative particle dynamics study

We study the effect of the molecular architecture of amphiphilic star polymers on the shape of aggregates they form in water. Both solute and solvent are considered at a coarse-grained level by means of dissipative particle dynamics simulations. Four different molecular architectures are considered:...

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Published in:	Condensed Matter Physics
Main Authors:	O.Y. Kalyuzhnyi, J.M. Ilnytskyi, C. von Ferber
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Yukhnovskii Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2017-03-01
Subjects:	star-like polymer amphiphiles micelle vesicle dissipative particle dynamics
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.5488/CMP.20.13802