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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Polymer entanglements"”.
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Statistical imaging of transport in complex fluids: a journey from entangled polymers to living cells
… in crowded environments, reptational motion of polymers in entangled semidilute solutions, and active endosome transport along microtubules in living cells. We started from individual trajectories, and then converged statistically to aggregate properties of interests, with special emphasis on …
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Engineering tough, hygroscopic, and active hydrogels for surgical simulation and anti-biofouling
… their structure, consisting of a 3D cross-linked polymer network containing mostly water. This structure leads to a material with tunable, tissue-like softness and water content, biocompatibility, resistance to biological fouling, high porosity, and transparency. However, the utility of these …
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Theoretical investigations of the role of excluded volume, topological constraints, and attractive forces in the slow dynamics of soft matter systems
… such as atomic, molecular, colloidal, and polymeric liquids, glasses and gels. Broadly there are three common microscopic mechanisms that describe such behavior: (i) excluded volume constraints and caging, (ii) topological or connectivity constraints, and (iii) attractive forces and …