2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
The Interplay Between Liquid-Liquid Phase Equilibria, Sequence, and Tg in Copolymers
Makayla R. Branham-Ferrari, David S. Simmons
Copolymerization is commonly employed to tune polymers' glass formation and improve properties such as ion conductivity and adhesion. Classically, mixing rules such as the Fox equa…
cond-mat.soft2025
Reaction/Diffusion Competition Drives Anomalous Relaxation of Vitrimers
Makayla R. Branham-Ferrari, Shinian Cheng, Alexei P. Sokolov +1
Since their discovery in 2011, vitrimers - covalent associative network polymers - have challenged the traditional understanding of soft matter relaxation dynamics: unlike in typic…