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The phase behavior of temperature-responsive polymers with tunable lower critical solution temperatures (LCST) and light-responsive polymers was explored using statistical mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations.
The LCST in water of (ethylene oxide)/ethylene copolymers is tailored by their chemical composition. For the first time, the general formalism of the lattice-fluid with hydrogen-bonding (LFHB) theory has been successfully applied to a water-polymer system. This theory, modified here to account for multiple types of hydrogen bonds, has been shown to be effective when making…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
The phase behavior of temperature-responsive polymers
with tunable lower critical solution temperatures
(LCST) and light-responsive polymers was explored
using statistical mechanics and molecular dynamics
simulations.

The LCST in water of (ethylene oxide)/ethylene
copolymers is tailored by their
chemical composition. For the first time, the general
formalism of the
lattice-fluid with hydrogen-bonding (LFHB) theory has
been successfully applied to a water-polymer system.
This theory, modified here to account for
multiple types of hydrogen bonds, has been shown to
be effective when making theoretical
predictions as justified by comparison with
experimental results. The series of (ethylene
oxide)/ethylene copolymers were studied further with
the modified Flory-Huggins with hydrogen bonding
(FHHB) approach.

Expanding beyond temperature-responsive polymer
solutions, systems that can potentially find
applications in antifouling, drug delivery, and
surfaces with switchable tackiness, the work
subsequently focused on a light-responsive polymer
film systems that have applications in photolithography.
Autorenporträt
Born in Dubna, Russia. Received
education in physics and mathematics from Moscow Institute of
Physics &
Technology and later completed his doctoral dissertation at Penn
State University. Alex''s research interests include various
aspects of
phase behavior of complex stimuli-responsive molecular systems.