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Permeability of Polymer Membranes Based on Polyimides Towards Helium
The approach to the prediction of permeability of polymer membranes based on polyimides and polyamidoimides towards helium is described. According to the approach, the activation energy of helium penetration i...
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Combined Use of Atomic Force Microscopy and Molecular Dynamics in the Study of Biopolymer Systems
Publications showing the prospects of combining computer simulation with atomic force microscopy in the study of polymer biological objects and materials for various purposes are analyzed. The problems that ar...
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The Initial Stage of Thermoplastic Polyimide Crystallization: Computer Simulations and Experiments
The following review focuses on the analysis of computer simulation and experimental research of the initial crystallization stage of crystallizable thermoplastic polyimides, which have a strong potential as b...
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Drying and redispersion of plant cellulose nanofibers for industrial applications: a review
The broad range of applications of cellulose (CNFs) nanofibers derived from plant sources has promoted different strategies for their production and commercialization. Nevertheless, issues concerning its trans...
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Computer Simulation of Asphaltenes
The review describes theoretical approaches based on computer simulations at various levels of details (from quantum chemical calculations to atomistic and coarse-grained models) to study asphaltenes and syste...
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Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Polymer Systems
The state-of-the-art in research of the mobility of nanoparticles in polymer melts is presented. It is important to determine the mechanisms of diffusion processes in these systems and factors affecting the di...
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Multiscale computer simulation of polymer nanocomposites based on thermoplastics
A literature review is presented on a multiscale approach to the simulation of nanocomposites based on thermoplastic polymers that includes calculations using quantum-chemical methods and molecular dynamics si...
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Computer simulation of the heat-resistant polyimides ULTEM™ and EXTEM™ with the use of GROMOS53a6 and AMBER99 force fields
An atomistic computer simulation was performed for the polyimides ULTEM™ and EXTEM™ via the molecular-dynamics method with the use of Gromos53a6 and Amber99 force fields. For parameterization of electrostatic ...
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Evaluation of the characteristic equilibration times of bulk polyimides via full-atomic computer simulation
The full-atomic computer simulation of bulk plastic polyimides based on dianhydride 1,3-bis(3′,4-dicarboxyphenoxy)benzene and two types of diamines, 4,4′-bis(4″-aminophenoxy)diphenyl sulfone and 4,4′-bis(amino...
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Effect of the SO2 group in the diamine fragment of polyimides on their structural, thermophysical, and mechanical properties
Experimental and theoretical investigations, including an all-atom computer simulation, are performed for block samples of thermoplastic polyimides, amorphous R-BAPS (based on R dianhydride 1,3-bis(3′,4-dicarb...
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Structural behavior of hyperbranched polymers in solvents of various qualities: Brownian dynamics simulation
Structural characteristics of third- and fourth-generation dendrimers and irregular hyperbranched polymers of various topologies equal to regular dendrimers in terms of molecular mass in solutions of various t...
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Charge inversion of dendrimers in complexes with linear polyelectrolytes in the solutions with low pH
Complexes of fully ionized third-generation dendrimers with oppositely charged linear polyelectrolyte chains are studied by the Brownian dynamics method. A freely jointed model of a dendrimer and a linear chai...
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Local orientational mobility in dendrimers. Theory and computer-aided simulation
The orientational mobility of segments in dendrimers are studied by the method of Brownian dynamics, and the results are analyzed in terms of an earlier proposed analytical theory. The orientational autocorrel...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Influence of Mechanical Deformation on Electro-Optical Birefringence in Polymer Networks
A theory of the Kerr effect (electro-optical birefringence) for polymer networks has been developed. The optical birefringence of polymers in the external electric field E is connected with orientation of optical...