6 papers
Synergistic approach to probing the dynamics and mechanics of patchy soft matter
Md Mozakker H. Shojib, Asier C. Monasterio, Emanuele Locatelli +3
Tailoring microscopic details to tune bulk rheology is a key paradigm in soft matter physics, yet the vast parameter space associated with constituent interactions precludes a full…
Field-induced phase transitions in ferro-antiferromagnetic diblock copolymers
Alberto Raiola, Emanuele Locatelli, Davide Marenduzzo +1
We study the equilibrium properties of a model of magnetic diblock copolymer where each monomer is decorated with an Ising-like spin. Spins interact ferromagnetically within each b…
The effects of solvent quality and core wetting on the circularization of star polymers
Davide Breoni, Emanuele Locatelli, Luca Tubiana
We simulate the formation of cyclical arms in star polymers, focusing on the effects of solvent quality on their resulting linking complexity and gyration radius. We find that poly…
Effects of knotting on the collapse of active ring polymers
Davide Breoni, Emanuele Locatelli, Luca Tubiana
We use numerical simulations to study tangentially active flexible ring polymers with different knot topologies. Simple, unknotted active rings display a transition from an extende…
Fluctuations of driven probes reveal nonequilibrium transitions in complex fluids
Danilo Forastiere, Emanuele Locatelli, Gianmaria Falasco +2
Complex fluids subjected to localized microscopic energy inputs, typical of active microrheology setups, exhibit poorly understood nonequilibrium behaviors because of the intricate…
Equilibrium phases and phase transitions in multicritical magnetic polymers
Alberto Raiola, Emanuele Locatelli, Davide Marenduzzo +1
Magnetic polymers are examples of composite soft materials in which the competition between the large configurational entropy of the soft substrate (polymer) and the magnetic inter…