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Escape dynamics in an anisotropically driven Brownian magneto-system by Abdoli, I., Sommer, J.-U., Löwen, H., Sharma, A.

“…Abstract Thermally activated escape of a Brownian particle over a potential barrier is well understood within Kramers theory. When subjected to an external…”
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The formation and structure of Olympic gels by Fischer, J, Lang, M, Sommer, J-U

“…Different methods for creating Olympic gels are analyzed using computer simulations. First ideal reference samples are obtained from freely interpenetrating…”
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On the Structure of Star–Polymer Networks by Schwenke, K, Lang, M, Sommer, J.-U

“…Using the bond fluctuation model we study polymer networks obtained by endlinking of symmetric 4-arm star polymers. We consider two types of systems. Solutions…”
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Short Cyclic Structures in Polymer Model Networks: A Test of Mean Field Approximation by Monte Carlo Simulations by Lang, M, Schwenke, K, Sommer, J.-U

“…A mean field rate theory description of the homo- and copolymerization of f-functional molecules is developed, which contains the formation of short cyclic…”
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Swelling of Olympic gels by Lang, M, Fischer, J, Werner, M, Sommer, J-U

“…The swelling equilibrium of Olympic gels, which are composed of entangled cyclic polymers, is studied by Monte Carlo simulations. In contrast to chemically…”
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Analysis of entanglement length and segmental order parameter in polymer networks by Lang, M, Sommer, J-U

“…The tube model of entangled chains is applied to compute segment fluctuations and segmental orientational order in polymer networks. The entanglement length…”
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Patient-reported experience with hypoglossal nerve stimulation in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea by Braun, M., Wollny, M., Schoebel, C., Sommer, J. U., Heiser, C.

“…Background Breathing-synchronized hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS) is routinely used as an alternative treatment for patients with obstructive sleep apnea…”
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Effect of Topology on the Conformations of Ring Polymers by Lang, M, Fischer, J, Sommer, J.-U

“…The bond fluctuation method is used to simulate both nonconcatenated entangled and interpenetrating melts of ring polymers. We find that the swelling of…”
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Conformational switching of modified guest chains in polymer brushes by Romeis, D, Sommer, J-U

“…Using a numerical quasi off-lattice self-consistent field method which describes heterogeneous chains of spherical monomers we study the case of a densely…”
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Simulations of Neutral and Charged Dendrimers in Solvents of Varying Quality by Kłos, J. S, Sommer, J.-U

“…We study neutral and charged dendrimers of various generations G, spacer length S, and molecular weight N under systematic variation of the solvent quality…”
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Properties of Dendrimers with Flexible Spacer-Chains: A Monte Carlo Study by Kłos, J. S, Sommer, J.-U

“…We study the properties of starburst dendrimers with flexible spacers in good solvent using Monte Carlo simulations based on the bond fluctuation model by…”
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GPU implementations of the bond fluctuation model by Nedelcu, S., Werner, M., Lang, M., Sommer, J.-U.

“…We present two parallel implementations of the bond fluctuation model on graphics processors that outperform by a factor of up to 50 times an equivalent…”
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Molecular dynamics simulations of electrophoresis of polyelectrolytes in nano confining cylindrical geometries by Nedelcu, S, Sommer, J-U

“…We consider molecular dynamics simulations of the electrophoretic motion of charged polymers in straight cylinders and cylinders with a periodic variation (or…”
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Simulations of Terminally Charged Dendrimers with Flexible Spacer Chains and Explicit Counterions by Kłos, J. S, Sommer, J.-U

“…We study the properties of terminally charged dendrimers under systematic variation of the length of flexible spacers, accompanied by explicit counterions in…”
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Simulations of a Grafted Dendritic Polyelectrolyte in Electric Fields by Kłos, J. S, Sommer, J.-U

“…Using Monte Carlo simulations based on the bond fluctuation model, we study the behavior of a charged dendrimer grafted on one of the electrodes of a plate…”
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Simulations of Dendrimers with Flexible Spacer Chains and Explicit Counterions under Low and Neutral pH Conditions by Kłos, J. S, Sommer, J.-U

“…We study the properties of weak dendritic polyelectrolytes of generation G = 5 with flexible spacers of various lengths and explicit counterions in an athermal…”
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Monte Carlo simulations of charged dendrimer-linear polyelectrolyte complexes and explicit counterions by Kłos, J S, Sommer, J-U

“…We study complexes composed of one dendrimer of generation G = 4 (G4 dendrimer) with N(t) = 32 charged terminal groups and an oppositely charged linear…”
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Shear-Induced Ordering in Thin Films of Diblock Copolymer Melts by Shagolsem, L. S, Kreer, T, Sommer, J.-U

“…By means of molecular dynamics simulations we investigate the response of thin, symmetric diblock copolymer melts under shear in the limit of strong…”
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Polymer-decorated tethered membranes under good- and poor-solvent conditions by Werner, M., Sommer, J. -U.

“…We study tethered membranes grafted by polymer chains on one side. Mean-field and scaling arguments predicting a spontaneous curvature are compared to the…”
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Adsorption of random copolymers from a melt onto a solid surface: Monte Carlo studies by Kłos, J S, Romeis, D, Sommer, J-U

“…We study the behavior of random AB-copolymer melts near a selective surface. We consider the case where the copolymers do not display phase segregation…”
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