Search Results - "de Juan, J"
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Poly[n]catenanes: Synthesis of molecular interlocked chains
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (15-12-2017)“…As the macromolecular version of mechanically interlocked molecules, mechanically interlocked polymers are promising candidates for the creation of…”
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Degenerate conic anchoring and colloidal elastic dipole-hexadecapole transformations
Published in Nature communications (01-03-2019)“…The defect structure associated with a colloid in a nematic liquid crystal is dictated by molecular orientation at the colloid surface. Perpendicular or…”
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Influence of Ion Solvation on the Properties of Electrolyte Solutions
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (12-04-2018)“…It is widely appreciated that the addition of salts to water leads to significant changes in the thermodynamic and dynamic properties of these aqueous…”
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Spatiotemporal control of liquid crystal structure and dynamics through activity patterning
Published in Nature materials (01-06-2021)“…Active materials are capable of converting free energy into mechanical work to produce autonomous motion, and exhibit striking collective dynamics that biology…”
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Relationship between Clinic and Ambulatory Blood-Pressure Measurements and Mortality
Published in The New England journal of medicine (19-04-2018)“…In a registry study of 63,910 adults, 24-hour ambulatory BP was a stronger predictor of mortality than BP measured in the clinic. Masked hypertension (normal…”
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Dynamic actuation of glassy polymersomes through isomerization of a single azobenzene unit at the block copolymer interface
Published in Nature chemistry (01-06-2018)“…Nature has engineered exquisitely responsive systems where molecular-scale information is transferred across an interface and propagated over long length…”
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Liquid Crystalline and Isotropic Coacervates of Semiflexible Polyanions and Flexible Polycations
Published in Macromolecules (23-07-2019)“…Polyelectrolyte complex coacervation plays an essential role in compartmentalization in living cells and is important in multiple scenarios of prebiotic…”
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Density Multiplication and Improved Lithography by Directed Block Copolymer Assembly
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (15-08-2008)“…Self-assembling materials spontaneously form structures at length scales of interest in nanotechnology. In the particular case of block copolymers, the…”
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Stability and molecular pathways to the formation of spin defects in silicon carbide
Published in Nature communications (03-11-2021)“…Spin defects in wide-bandgap semiconductors provide a promising platform to create qubits for quantum technologies. Their synthesis, however, presents…”
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Coarse-grained modeling of DNA curvature
Published in The Journal of chemical physics (28-10-2014)“…The interaction of DNA with proteins occurs over a wide range of length scales, and depends critically on its local structure. In particular, recent…”
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Dissociation of salts in water under pressure
Published in Nature communications (16-06-2020)“…The investigation of salts in water at extreme conditions is crucial to understanding the properties of aqueous fluids in the Earth. We report first principles…”
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Fluctuating hydrodynamics of chiral active fluids
Published in Nature physics (01-11-2021)“…Active materials are characterized by continuous injection of energy at the microscopic level and typically cannot be adequately described by equilibrium…”
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Shear Thickening and Jamming of Dense Suspensions: The “Roll” of Friction
Published in Physical review letters (19-06-2020)“…Particle-based simulations of discontinuous shear thickening (DST) and shear jamming (SJ) suspensions are used to study the role of stress-activated…”
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Polymer Informatics: Opportunities and Challenges
Published in ACS macro letters (17-10-2017)“…We are entering an era where large volumes of scientific data, coupled with algorithmic and computational advances, can reduce both the time and cost of…”
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Combining Particle-Based Simulations and Machine Learning to Understand Defect Kinetics in Thin Films of Symmetric Diblock Copolymers
Published in Macromolecules (09-11-2021)“…The self-assembly of soft matter provides a practical and scalable route toward the production of nanostructured materials, with minimal need for direct…”
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Phase Behavior and Salt Partitioning in Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervates
Published in Macromolecules (24-04-2018)“…Polyelectrolyte complexes are omnipresent both in nature and in the technological world, including nucleotide condensates, biological marine adhesives, food…”
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Interplay of structure, elasticity, and dynamics in actin-based nematic materials
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-01-2018)“…Achieving control and tunability of lyotropic materials has been a long-standing goal of liquid crystal research. Here we show that the elasticity of a liquid…”
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Dynamic structure of active nematic shells
Published in Nature communications (21-11-2016)“…When a thin film of active, nematic microtubules and kinesin motor clusters is confined on the surface of a vesicle, four +1/2 topological defects oscillate in…”
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A Detailed Examination of the Topological Constraints of Lamellae-Forming Block Copolymers
Published in Macromolecules (13-03-2018)“…A microscopic molecular model of polymeric molecules that captures the effects of topological constraints is used to consider how microphase segregation can…”
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Effect of Proline Mutations on the Monomer Conformations of Amylin
Published in Biophysical journal (03-09-2013)“…The formation of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) is implicated in the loss of pancreatic β-cells in type II diabetes. Rat amylin, which differs from…”
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