Dynamics and Transport in Macromolecular Networks

Theory, Modeling, and Experiments
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-527-35098-8
Verlag: Wiley-VCH GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 654 g

Dynamics and Transport in Macromolecular Networks

Comprehensive knowledge on concepts and experimental advancement, as well as state-of-the-art computational tools and techniques for simulation and theory

Dynamics and Transport in Macromolecular Networks: Theory, Modeling, and Experiments provides a unique introduction to the currently emerging, highly interdisciplinary field of those transport processes that exhibit various dynamic patterns and even anomalous behaviors of dynamics, investigating concepts and experimental advancement, as well as state-of-the-art computational tools and techniques for the simulation of macromolecular networks and the transport behavior in them.

The detailed text begins with discussions on the structural organization of various macromolecular networks, then moves on to review and consolidate the latest research advances and state-of-the-art tools and techniques for the experimental and theoretical studies of the transport in macromolecular networks. In so doing, the text extracts and emphasizes common principles and research advancement from many different disciplines while providing up-to-date coverage of this new field of research.

Written by highly experienced and internationally renowned specialists in various disciplines, such as polymer, soft matter, chemistry, biophysics, and more, Dynamics and Transport in Macromolecular Networks covers sample topics such as: - Modeling (visco)elasticity macromolecular and biomacromolecular networks, covering statistical and elastic models and permanent biomacromolecular networks
- Focus on controlled degradation in modeling reactive hydrogels, covering mesoscale modeling of reactive polymer networks and modeling crosslinking due to hydrosilylation reaction
- Dynamic bonds in associating polymer networks, covering segmental and chain dynamics and phase-separated aggregate dynamics
- Direct observation of polymer reptation in entangled solutions and junction fluctuations in crosslinked networks, covering tube width fluctuations and dynamic fluctuations of crosslinks

A much-needed overview of developments and scientific findings in the transport behaviors in macromolecular networks, Dynamics and Transport in Macromolecular Networks is a highly valuable resource for chemists, physicists, and other scientists and engineers working in fields related to macromolecular network systems, both theoretically and experimentally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yan, Li-Tang

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Polymerwerkstoffe
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Werkstoffkunde, Materialwissenschaft: Forschungsmethoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
 
MODELLING (VISCO)ELASTICITY MACROMOLECULAR AND BIOMACROMOLECULAR NETWORKS
Permanent Macromolecular Networks
Permanent Biomacromolecular Networks
Transient Macromolecular/Biomacromolecular Networks
Outlooks
 
MODELING REACTIVE HYDROGELS: FOCUS ON CONTROLLED DEGRADATION
Introduction
Mesoscale modeling of reactive polymer networks
Continuum modeling of reactive hydrogels
Conclusions
 
DYNAMIC BONDS IN ASSOCIATING POLYMER NETWORKS
Introduction of Dynamic Bonds
Physical Insight of Dynamic Bonds
Properties and Applications
Conclusion
 
DIRECT OBSERVATION OF POLYMER REPTATION IN ENTANGLED SOLUTIONS AND JUNCTION FLUCTUATIONS IN CROSSLINKED NETWORKS
Introduction
Reptation in Entangled Solutions
Dynamic Fluctuations of Crosslinks
Conclusion
 
RECENT PROGRESS OF HYDROGELS IN FABRICATION OF MENISCUS SCAFFOLDS
Introduction
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Meniscus
Biomaterial Requirements for Constructing Meniscal Scaffolds
Hydrogel-Based Meniscus Scaffolds
Mimicking Microstructure: The Key to Constructing the Next Generation Meniscus Scaffolds
Conclusion
 
STRONG, TOUGH, AND FAST-RECOVERY HYDROGELS
Current Progress on Strong and Tough Hydrogels
Polymer-supramolecular Double-network Hydrogels
Hybrid Networks with Peptide-metal Complexes
Hydrogels Crosslinked with Hierarchically Assembled Peptide Structures
Outlook
 
DIUSIO-MECHANICAL THEORY OF POLYMER NETWORK SWELLING
Introduction
Swelling Model
Results
Perspective
Conclusion
 
THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON HOPPING DIFFUSION OF NANOPARTICLES IN CROSS-LINKED POLYMER NETWORKS
Introduction
2010s? Theories of Nanoparticle Hopping Diffusion
Recent Computational and Theoretical Work
Open Questions and Future Research Directions
Concluding Remarks
 
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF THE NETWORK STRAND DYNAMICS AND NANOPARTICLE DIFFUSION IN ELASTOMERS
Introduction
Structures and Dynamics of Model Elastomer Networks
Diffusion Dynamics of Nanoparticles in Elastomers: Melts and Networks
Conclusions
 
EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES OF TRANSPORT OF NANOPARTICLES IN MUCOSAL TISSUES
Introduction
Enhancing Diffusivity of Deformable Particles to Overcome Mucus Barriers via Adjusting Their Rigidity
The Effect of the Shape on the Diffusivity of NPs in Mucus
 
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF NANOPARTICLE TRANSPORT IN MACROMOLECULAR NETWORKS: FLEXIBILITY, TOPOLOGY AND ENTROPY
Introduction
Effects of the Chain Flexibility of Strands
Effects of Network Topology
Summary and Outlook

Über Autor(innen)

Li-Tang Yan, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University, China. His research interests focus on computational and theoretical aspects of soft matter systems, including macromolecular networks, nanoparticle cellular interactions and entropy-controlled strategy in equilibrium and nonequilibrium systems.