Collapse transitions in thermosensitive multi-block copolymers: a Monte Carlo study.

Monte Carlo simulations are performed on a simple cubic lattice to investigate the behavior of a single linear multiblock copolymer chain of various lengths N. The chain of type (AnBn)m consists of alternating A and B blocks, where A are solvophilic and B are solvophobic and N = 2nm. The conformations are classified in five cases of globule formation by the solvophobic blocks of the chain.

Structural and dynamical analysis of monodisperse and polydisperse colloidal systems.

We present a semigrand ensemble Monte Carlo and Brownian dynamics simulation study of structural and dynamical properties of polydisperse soft spheres interacting via purely repulsive power-law potentials with a varying degree of "softness." Comparisons focus on crystal and amorphous phases at their coexistence points. It is shown through detailed structural analysis that as potential interactions soften, the "quality of crystallinity" of both monodisperse and polydisperse systems deteriorates.

Phase equilibrium of colloidal suspensions with particle size dispersity: a Monte Carlo study.

We have studied the crystalline-amorphous coexistence for systems of polydisperse soft spheres that interact via a purely repulsive power law potential. Potential softness quantified by the exponent of the potential was a primary input in our simulations. Simulations were performed in the isobaric semigrand statistical ensemble, i.

Temperature-induced crystallization in concentrated suspensions of multiarm star polymers: a molecular dynamics study.

In this work, we study temperature-induced crystallization in dense suspensions of multiarm star polymers. This is a continuation of a previous study, which identified and studied the emergence of "glassy" amorphous states, in accordance with experimental observations. We performed molecular dynamics simulations on two types of star polymers: 128-arm stars and 64-arm stars dissolved in n-decane in the temperature range of 20-60 degrees C.