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Rugotaxis: Droplet motion without external energy supply
Panagiotis E. Theodorakis, Sergei A. Egorov, Andrey Milchev
Nano-patterned substrates offer possibilities for controlling the motion of fluids without external energy supply in novel technologies in microfluidics, coatings, etc. Here, we re…
Unidirectional Droplet Propulsion onto Gradient Brushes without External Energy Supply
Russell Kajouri, Panagiotis E. Theodorakis, Piotr Deuar +4
Using extensive molecular dynamics simulation of a coarse-grained model, we demonstrate the possibility of sustained unidirectional motion (durotaxis) of droplets without external…
Macroscopic rotation of active colloids in a colloid-polymer mixture confined inside a spherical cavity
Arabinda Bera, Kurt Binder, Sergei A. Egorov +1
From studies via Molecular Dynamics simulations, we report results on structure and dynamics in mixtures of active colloids and passive polymers that are confined inside a spherica…
Wetting transitions of polymer solutions: Effects of chain length and chain stiffness
Jiarul Midya, Sergei A. Egorov, Kurt Binder +1
Wetting and drying phenomena are studied for flexible and semiflexible polymer solutions via coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations and density functional theory calculation…
Entropic Unmixing in Nematic Blends of Semiflexible Polymers
Andrey Milchev, Sergei A. Egorov, Jiarul Midya +2
Binary mixtures of semiflexible polymers with the same chain length but different persistence lengths separate into two coexisting different nematic phases when the osmotic pressur…
When does Wenzel's extension of Young's equation for the contact angle of droplets apply? A density functional study
Sergei A. Egorov, Kurt Binder
he contact angle of a liquid droplet on a surface under partial wetting conditions differs for a nanoscopically rough or periodically corrugated surface from its value for a perfec…
Phase behavior of flexible and semiflexible polymers in solvents of varying quality
Jiarul Midya, Sergei A. Egorov, Kurt Binder +1
The interplay of nematic order and phase separation in solutions of semiflexible polymers in solvents of variable quality is investigated by density functional theory (DFT) and mol…
Do the contact angle and line tension of surface-attached droplets depend on the radius of curvature?
Subir K. Das, Sergei A. Egorov, Peter Virnau +2
Results from Monte Carlo simulations of wall-attached droplets in the three-dimensional Ising lattice gas model and in a symmetric binary Lennard-Jones fluid, confined by antisymme…
Stiffness-guided motion of a droplet on a solid substrate
P. E. Theodorakis, S. A. Egorov, A. Milchev
A range of technologies require the directed motion of nanoscale droplets on solid substrates. A way of realizing this effect is durotaxis, whereby a stiffness gradient of a substr…
Semiflexible Polymers Under Good Solvent Conditions Interacting With Repulsive Walls
Sergei A. Egorov, Andrey Milchev, Peter Virnau +1
Solutions of semiflexible polymers confined by repulsive planar walls are studied by density functional theory and Molecular Dynamics simulations, to clarify the competition betwee…
Anomalous fluctuations of nematic order in solutions of semiflexible polymers
Sergei A. Egorov, Andrey Milchev, Kurt Binder
The nematic ordering in semiflexible polymers with contour length exceeding their persistence length is described by a confinement of the polymers in a cylinder of rad…
The escape transition of a compressed star polymer: Self-consistent field predictions tested by simulation
J. Paturej, A. Milchev, S. A. Egorov +1
The escape transition of a polymer "mushroom" (a flexible chain grafted to a flat non-adsorbing substrate surface in a good solvent) occurs when the polymer is compressed by a cyli…
Phase Behavior of Active Swimmers in Depletants: Molecular Dynamics and Integral Equation Theory
Subir K. Das, Sergei Egorov, Benjamin Trefz +2
We study the structure and phase behavior of a binary mixture where one of the components is self-propelling in nature. The inter-particle interactions in the system were taken fro…
Spherical Polymer Brushes Under Good Solvent Conditions: Molecular Dynamics Results Compared to Density Functional Theory
Federica Lo Verso, Sergei A. Egorov, Andrey Milchev +1
A coarse grained model for flexible polymers end-grafted to repulsive spherical nanoparticles is studied for various chain lengths and grafting densities under good solvent conditi…
Structural and Dynamical Anomalies of a Gaussian Core Fluid: a Mode Coupling Theory Study
Lindsey Ann Shall, Sergei A. Egorov
We present a theoretical study of transport properties of a liquid comprised of particles uist1:/home/sokrates/egorov/oldhome/Pap41/Submit > m abs.tex We present a theoretical stud…
Absorption/Expulsion of Oligomers and Linear Macromolecules in a Polymer Brush
A. Milchev, S. A. Egorov, K. Binder
The absorption of free linear chains in a polymer brush was studied with respect to chain size and compatibility with the brush by means of Monte Carlo (MC) simulations and…