3 papers
physics.comp-ph2018
Conformational dynamics of charged polymers interacting with charged nanoparticles
Yuanzheng Zhu, Zixiang Liu, Michael T. Griffin +2
The transition from globular to elongated states of biopolymers in shear flow occurs at a distinct critical shear rate, . The magnitude of depends on the…
physics.flu-dyn2018
Multiscale method based on coupled lattice-Boltzmann and Langevin-dynamics for direct simulation of nanoscale particle/polymer suspensions in complex flows
Zixiang Liu, Yuanzheng Zhu, Jonathan R. Clausen +3
A hybrid computational method coupling the lattice-Boltzmann (LB) method and a Langevin-dynamics (LD) method is developed to simulate nanoscale particle and polymer (NPP) suspensio…
physics.flu-dyn2018
Nanoparticle Transport in Cellular Blood Flow
Zixiang Liu, Yuanzheng Zhu, Rekha R. Rao +2
The biotransport of the intravascular nanoparticle (NP) is influenced by both the complex cellular flow environment and the NP characteristics. Being able to computationally simula…