Our research interests lie broadly in the investigation of equilibrium/off-equilibrium, and dynamic properties of soft matter, with specific foci in the self-assembly of biological and bio-inspired materials for biological applications, ionic conductivity in various solutions for energy storage materials, and machine-learning for gaining high-fidelity global representation of the thermodynamic properties and dynamic properties of fluids and their mixtures.
28 October 2022 -- "Prestressed Composite Polymer Gels as a Model of the Extracellular-Matrix of Cartilage", A. Chremos, J. F. Douglas, P. J. Basser and F. Horkay, Gels, 8, 707 (2022); https://doi.org/10.3390/gels8110707.
25th July 2022 -- "Molecular dynamics study of the swelling and osmotic properties of compact nanogel particles", A. Chremos, J. F. Douglas, P. J. Basser, and F. Horkay, Soft Matter, 18, 6278 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM00681B.
7 March 2022 -- "Influence of network defects on the conformational structure of nanogel particles: From “closed compact” to “open fractal” nanogel particles", A Chremos, F Horkay, JF Douglas, Journal of Chemical Physics 156, 094903 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0072274.
5 October 2021 -- "Structure and conformational properties of ideal nanogel particles in athermal solutions", Journal of Chemical Physics 155, 134905 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0064835.
27 August 2021 -- "Comparative experimental and computational study of synthetic and natural bottlebrush polyelectrolyte solutions", Journal of Chemical Physics 155, 074901 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0061649.
7 August 2020 -- "Design of nearly perfect hyperuniform polymeric materials", Journal of Chemical Physics 153, 054902 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0017861.
27 July 2020 -- "Disappearance of the polyelectrolyte peak in salt-free solutions" Physical Review E 102, 012611 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.012611.
21 May 2020 -- "Systematic investigation of synthetic polyelectrolyte bottlebrush solutions by neutron and dynamic light scattering, osmometry, and molecular dynamics simulation", The Journal of Chemical Physics 152, 194904 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0007271.
10 March 2020 -- "Bottlebrush polymers in the melt and polyelectrolytes in solution share common structural features", Proceedings of National Academy of Science 117, 5168 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1916362117.
January 2020 -- Two papers published:
"Dynamic heterogeneity and collective motion in star polymer melts", J. Chem. Phys. 152, 054904 (2020); doi.org/10.1063/1.5135731
"Influence of polymer topology on crystallization in thin films", J. Chem. Phys. 152, 044501 (2020); doi.org/10.1063/1.5134983
6 June 2019 -- Invited paper is online as part on the special issue "Theory and Simulations of Entangled Polymers": "Influence of Branching on the Configurational and Dynamical Properties of Entangled Polymer Melts", Polymers 11, 1045 (2019); doi:10.3390/polym11061045
7 May 2019 -- Paper accepted as Editor's choice "Superionic UO2: A model anharmonic crystalline material", J. Chem. Phys. 150, 174506 (2019); doi:10.1063/1.5091042
8 March 2019 -- Invited paper is online as part on the special issue "Tribute to Takeji Hashimoto": "Influence of solvation on the structure of highly charged nanoparticles in salt-free solutions", Polymer, doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2019.03.005.
7 March 2019 -- Presentation on Hyperuniformity at APS March Meeting 2019 taking place at Boston.
13 February -- Presentation at the Material Measurement Laboratory at National Institute of Standards and Technology.
21 December 2018 -- Our work on hyperuniform materials is published in Physical Review Letters.
7 November 2018 -- Invited presentation at Biophysics Interest Group at National Institutes of Health (NIH).
31 October 2018 -- The new web site is uploaded.
26 October 2018 -- Abstract submitted to APS March meeting 2019 in Boston, MA.
25 September 2018 -- Invited presentation at Chemical and Biomolecular of University of Maryland.
27 July 2018 -- Paper is online: "A comparative study of thermodynamic, conformational, and structural properties of bottlebrush with star and ring polymer melts", J. Chem. Phys. 149, 044904 (2018); doi:10.1063/1.5034794
10 July 2018 -- Paper is online: "Polyelectrolyte association and solvation", J. Chem. Phys. 149, 163305 (2018); doi:10.1063/1.5030530