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cond-mat.soft2026

An elastic model of confined hydrogel particles with competing entropic and energetic networks

A. Huerta, L. A. Pérez, A. Trokhymchuk

This work presents an elastic model to study the interplay between entropic and energetic networks in confined hydrogel particles. We consider a quasi-two-dimensional system compos…

cond-mat.soft2026

On the statistical theory of strong electrolytes and high-temperature plasmas: new applications of the work of Yukhnovskii and Kelbg

W. Ebeling, M. Holovko

Remembering here the work of two pioneers of the statistical physics of Coulomb systems, Günter Kelbg, and Ihor Yukhnovskii, we analyze their methods and give some new applications…

cond-mat.soft2026

Monte Carlo simulation of selective adsorption in a binary hard-disk mixture on patterned adhesive surfaces

N. Kukarkin, T. Patsahan

Selective adsorption in a two-dimensional model of a binary hard-disk mixture on patterned adhesive surfaces is studied using grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations. The two speci…

cond-mat.soft2026

Behaviour of the model antibody fluid constrained by rigid spherical obstacles: effects of the obstacle-antibody binding

Yu. V. Kalyuzhnyi, T. Patsahan

We study a simplified model of monoclonal antibodies confined in a patchy random porous medium. Antibodies are represented as Y-shaped particles composed of seven tangential hard s…

cond-mat.soft2026

Thermodynamics of hard-sphere fluids in polydisperse random porous media: Extended scaled particle theory

T. Hvozd, M. Hvozd, M. Holovko

Accurate descriptions of reference systems are a central task in liquid-state theories for the study of more complex systems. Using scaled particle theory (SPT), we derive a fully…

cond-mat.soft2026★ 1 cited

Automated decision-making by chemical echolocation in active droplets

Aritra K. Mukhopadhyay, Ran Niu, Linhui Fu +5

Motile microorganisms, like bacteria and algae, unify abilities like self-propulsion, autonomous navigation, and decision-making on the micron scale. While recent breakthroughs hav…

cond-mat.soft2025

Excluded volume effect of surfactant ligands on the shape of nascent nanocrystal

A. Baumketner, D. Anokhin, Ya. Patsahan

We investigate the effect of the excluded volume of surfactant ligands on the shape of incipient quantum dots (QDs) to which they are attached. We consider a model in which ligands…

cond-mat.soft2025★ 1 cited

Mutual effect of charge- and number-density correlations in ionic liquids and concentrated electrolytes

O. Patsahan, A. Ciach

Correlation functions in concentrated ionic systems are studied within the mesoscopic theory at the level of the Gaussian approximation. The previously neglected fluctuation contri…

cond-mat.soft2025★ 1 cited

On the diffusion of hard sphere fluids in disordered porous media: New extended Enskog theory description

M. F. Holovko, M. Ya. Korvatska

We proposed a new extended version of Enskog theory for the description of the self-diffusion coefficient of a colloidal hard-sphere fluid adsorbed in a matrix of disordered hard-s…

cond-mat.soft2025

Scaling properties of diblock copolymers: dynamic simulations study

K. Haydukivska

The influence of monomer-monomer interactions on the scaling exponents and shape characteristics of a single polymer chain in a selective solvent is investigated using Langevin dyn…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 24 cited

On the Spectral Shape of the Structural Relaxation in Deeply Supercooled Liquids

Till Böhmer, Florian Pabst, Jan Gabriel +2

Structural relaxation in deeply supercooled liquids is non-exponential. In susceptibility representation, , the spectral shape of the structural relaxation is…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 3 cited

Phase behaviour of primitive models of molecular ionic liquids in porous media: effects of cation shape, ion association and disordered confinement

T. Hvozd, T. Patsahan, O. Patsahan +2

The phase behaviour of room-temperature ionic liquids (ILs) confined in disordered porous media is studied using a theoretical approach that combines an extension of scaled particl…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 36 cited

The 2024 Motile Active Matter Roadmap

Gerhard Gompper, Howard A. Stone, Christina Kurzthaler +29

Activity and autonomous motion are fundamental aspects of many living and engineering systems. Here, the scale of biological agents covers a wide range, from nanomotors, cytoskelet…

cond-mat.soft2024

On the shape of Gaussian scale-free polymer networks

V. Blavatska, Yu. Holovatch

We consider the model of complex hyperbranched polymer structures formed on the basis of scale-free graphs, where functionalities (degrees) of nodes obey a power law decaying p…

cond-mat.soft2024

Mapping self-avoiding walk on obstacle-ridden lattice onto chelation of heavy metal ions: Monte Carlo study

V. Blavatska, Ja. Ilnytskyi, E. Lähderanta

Self-avoiding walk (SAW) represents linear polymer chain on a large scale, neglecting its chemical details and emphasizing the role of its conformational statistics. The role of th…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 1 cited

Vapour-liquid phase behaviour of primitive models of ionic liquids confined in disordered porous media

T. Hvozd, T. Patsahan, Yu. Kalyuzhnyi +2

We develop a theory for the description of ionic liquids (ILs) confined in a porous medium formed by a matrix of immobile randomly placed uncharged particles. The IL is modelled as…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 1 cited

Dimerizing hard spherocylinders in porous media

V. I. Shmotolokha, M. F. Holovko

This research focuses on the unique phase behavior of non-spherical patchy colloids in porous environments. Based on the theory of scaled particle (SPT), methods have been refined…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 1 cited

Universal properties of branched copolymers in dilute solutions

K. Haydukivska, V. Blavatska

We analyze the universal conformational properties of complex copolymer macromolecules, based on two topologies: the rosette structure containing linear branches and cl…

cond-mat.soft2023

Modelling Bi-specific Antibodies in Aqueous Solution

Taras Hvozd, Yurij V. Kalyuzhnyi, Vojko Vlachy

This study presents theoretical results for physico-chemical properties of system of molecules modeling bi-specific antibodies, such as, dual-variable-domain monoclonal antibodies…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 5 cited

Phase Behavior of the Patchy Colloids Confined in the Patchy Porous Media

Yurij V. Kalyuzhnyi, Taras Patsahan, Myroslav Holovko +1

A simple model for functionalized disordered porous media is proposed and the effects of confinement on self-association, percolation and phase behavior of a fluid of patchy partic…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 7 cited

On the contact conditions for the density and charge profiles in the theory of electrical double layer: From planar to spherical and cylindrical geometry

Myroslav Holovko, Vojko Vlachy, Dung di Caprio

In this paper, starting from the Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Yvon equations of the liquid-state theory, we formulate two equivalent approaches for the calculation of the total density pr…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 2 cited

Aspects of the microscopic structure of curcumin solutions with water-dimethylsulfoxide solvent. Molecular dynamics computer simulation study

T. Patsahan, O. Pizio

We explore some aspects of the microscopic structure of curcumin solutions with water-dimethylsulfoxide solvent of variable composition. Molecular dynamics computer simulations at…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 7 cited

Vibrational spectroscopies in liquid water: on temperature and coordination effects in Raman and infrared spectroscopies

R. Vuilleumier, A. P. Seitsonen

Water is an ubiquitous liquid that has several exotic and anomalous properties. Despite its apparent simple chemical formula, its capability of forming a dynamic network of hydroge…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 3 cited

On the swelling properties of pom-pom polymers: impact of backbone length

K. Haydukivska, V. Blavatska

The present work continues our previous studies of pom-pom molecule [K. Haydukivska, O. Kalyuzhnyi, V. Blavatska, and J. Ilnytskyi, J. Mol. Liq. 328, 115456 (2021); Condens. Matter…