3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Interplay of Micellar Architecture and Viscosity Governs Active Droplet Motility
Salini Kar, Rohit V. Menon, Sanbed Das +3
The autonomous motion of liquid crystal oil droplets in micellar media arises from spontaneous breaking of time reversal symmetry via nonlinear coupling between Marangoni stresses…
cond-mat.soft2025
Accurate coarse-graining of small organic molecules in melts and thin films using density-dependent potentials
Sayan Dutta, Maria C. Lesniewski, Muhammad Nawaz Qaisrani +3
Conjugated organic molecules play a central role in a wide range of optoelectronic devices, including organic light-emitting diodes, organic field-effect transistors, and organic s…
cond-mat.soft2025
A theoretical framework for investigating the role of stiffness heterogeneity in structure and dynamics of flexible polymer
Arvind Saini, Rajiblochan Sahoo, Rajarshi Chakrabarti +1
Heteropolymers are ubiquitous in both synthetic systems, such as block copolymers, and biological macromolecules, including proteins and nucleic acids. Beyond their chemical compos…