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Knot Energy, Complexity, and Mobility of Knotted Polymers by Vargas–Lara, Fernando, Hassan, Ahmed M., Mansfield, Marc L., Douglas, Jack F.

“…The Coulomb energy E C is defined by the energy required to charge a conductive object and scales inversely to the self–capacity C , a basic measure of object…”
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The role of monomer geometry on the properties of polyolefins: A numerical study by Vargas‐Lara, Fernando, Lopez‐Barron, Carlos, Rodriguez, George

“…We explore the role of monomer geometry on the structural, dynamic, and thermodynamic properties of polyolefis by employing all‐atom molecular dynamic…”
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Stability of DNA-linked nanoparticle crystals: effect of number of strands, core size, and rigidity of strand attachment by Padovan-Merhar, Olivia, Lara, Fernando Vargas, Starr, Francis W

“…Three-dimensional ordered lattices of nanoparticles (NPs) linked by DNA have potential applications in novel devices and materials, but most experimental…”
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Internal Structure of Nanoparticle Dimers Linked by DNA by Chi, Cheng, Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Tkachenko, Alexei V, Starr, Francis W, Gang, Oleg

“…We construct nanoparticle dimers linked by DNA. These dimers are basic units in a possible multiscale, hierarchical assembly and serve as a model system to…”
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Giant Surface Conductivity Enhancement in a Carbon Nanotube Composite by Ultraviolet Light Exposure by Long, Christian J, Orloff, Nathan D, Twedt, Kevin A, Lam, Thomas, Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Zhao, Minhua, Natarajan, Bharath, Scott, Keana C, Marksz, Eric, Nguyen, Tinh, Douglas, Jack F, McClelland, Jabez, Garboczi, Edward, Obrzut, Jan, Liddle, J. Alexander

“…Carbon nanotube composites are lightweight, multifunctional materials with readily adjustable mechanical and electrical propertiesrelevant to the aerospace,…”
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Structure and Dynamics of a Graphene Melt by Xia, Wenjie, Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Keten, Sinan, Douglas, Jack F

“…We explore the structural and dynamic properties of bulk materials composed of graphene nanosheets using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations…”
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Single-Chain Conformation of Poly(α-olefins) in Dilute Solutions at the Crossover between Linear and Bottlebrush Architectures by López-Barrón, Carlos R, Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Kang, Shuhui

“…The size and conformation of a series of poly­(α-olefin) homopolymers in good solvent conditions were measured by a combination of small-angle neutron…”
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Molecular rigidity and enthalpy-entropy compensation in DNA melting by Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Starr, Francis W, Douglas, Jack F

“…Enthalpy-entropy compensation (EEC) is observed in diverse molecular binding processes of importance to living systems and manufacturing applications, but this…”
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Quantifying Chemical Composition and Cross-link Effects on EPDM Elastomer Viscoelasticity with Molecular Dynamics by Wang, Ao, Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Younker, Jarod M, Iyer, Krishnan A, Shull, Kenneth R, Keten, Sinan

“…To understand the effect of chemical composition, cross-link density, and microstructure on the linear and nonlinear viscoelasticity of ethylene propylene…”
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Modeling short-chain branched polyethylenes in dilute solution under variable solvent quality conditions: Basic configurational properties by Zhang, Wengang, Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Orski, Sara V., Beers, Kathryn L., Douglas, Jack F.

“…We perform molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of a coarse-grained model of linear low-density polyethylenes (LLDPEs) having short-chain branching in an…”
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Tack of Entangled Molecular Bottlebrushes by López-Barrón, Carlos R., Vargas-Lara, Fernando

“…Polymer softness (i.e., low elastic modulus) is a known requirement for good tack in adhesives. We assess the tack performance of α-olefin molecular…”
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Electromagnetic Scattering From Individual Crumpled Graphene Flakes: A Characteristic Modes Approach by Durbhakula, Kalyan C., Hassan, Ahmed M., Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Chatterjee, Deb, Gaffar, Md, Douglas, Jack F., Garboczi, Edward J.

“…Graphene flakes (GFs) in real composites are rarely perfectly flat, and often exhibit complicated crumpled shapes. Therefore, the goal of this paper was to…”
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Solution properties of spherical gold nanoparticles with grafted DNA chains from simulation and theory by Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Starr, Francis W, Douglas, Jack F

“…There has been a rapidly growing interest in the use of functionalized Au nanoparticles (NPs) as platforms in multiple applications in medicine and…”
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Electromagnetic Resonances of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes With Realistic Shapes: A Characteristic Modes Approach by Hassan, Ahmed M., Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Douglas, Jack F., Garboczi, Edward J.

“…In composites, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are rarely perfectly straight and they usually exhibit complex shapes. In this paper, we employ the method-of-moments…”
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Electromagnetic Scattering From Multiple Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Having Tumbleweed Configurations by Hassan, Ahmed M., Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Douglas, Jack F., Garboczi, Edward J.

“…Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit highly complicated structures when incorporated in composites and are neither perfectly straight nor aligned in any one…”
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Fiber Network Formation in Semi-Flexible Polymer Solutions: An Exploratory Computational Study by Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Douglas, Jack F

“…The formation of gels through the bundling of semi-flexible polymer chains into fiber networks is ubiquitous in diverse manufactured and natural materials,…”
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High-speed, high-purity separation of gold nanoparticle-DNA origami constructs using centrifugation by Ko, Seung Hyeon, Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Patrone, Paul N, Stavis, Samuel M, Starr, Francis W, Douglas, Jack F, Liddle, J Alexander

“…DNA origami is a powerful platform for assembling gold nanoparticle constructs, an important class of nanostructure with numerous applications. Such constructs…”
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Dimensional reduction of duplex DNA under confinement to nanofluidic slits by Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Stavis, Samuel M, Strychalski, Elizabeth A, Nablo, Brian J, Geist, Jon, Starr, Francis W, Douglas, Jack F

“…There has been much interest in the dimensional properties of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) confined to nanoscale environments as a problem of fundamental…”
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Electromagnetic scattering properties of individual Carbon Nanotubes with realistic three dimensional shapes by Hassan, Ahmed M., Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Douglas, Jack F., Garboczi, Edward J.

“…Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) in composites exhibit a wide variety of complex shapes and are rarely perfectly straight even when they are highly aligned. Moreover,…”
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Polarizability tensors of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Sheets with realistic shapes by Hassan, Ahmed M., Vargas-Lara, Fernando, Douglas, Jack F., Garboczi, Edward J.

“…Carbon Nanotube (CNT) and Graphene Sheets (GS) dispersed in composites exhibit a variety of shapes that are controlled by many factors such as how the CNT/GS…”
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