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New controlled release systems produced by self-assembly of biopolymers and colloidal particles at fluid-fluid interfaces
We present a thermodynamically guided, low-noise, time-scale-bridging, and pertinently efficient strategy for the dynamic simulation of microscopic models for complex fluids. The systematic coarse-graining method is exemplified for low-molecular polymeric systems subjected to homogeneous flow fields. We use established concepts of nonequilibrium thermodynamics and an alternating Monte Carlo-molecular-dynamics iteration scheme in order to obtain the model equations for the slow variables. For chosen flow situations of interest, the established model predicts structural as well as material functions beyond the regime of linear response. As a by-product, we present steady-state simulation results for polymers in general flow situations, including simple, planar, and yet unexplored equibiaxial elongation. The method is simple to implement and allows for the calculation of time-dependent behavior through quantities readily available from nonequilibrium steady states. [hide]
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Andreas Bausch
TU Munich, Germany ►
Peter Fischer
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
Anne-Marie Hermansson
SIK, Sweden ►
Martin Kroger
ETH Zurich, Germany/Switzerland ►
Erik van der Linden
Wageningen UR, The Netherlands ►
Niklas Loren
SIK, Sweden ►
Leonard Sagis
Wageningen UR, The Netherlands ►
Erich Windhab
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
Klaas-Jan Zuidam
Unilever, The Netherlands ►
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Manuela Duxenneuner
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
Sophia Fransson
SIK, Sweden ►
Nam-Phuong Humblet-Hua
Wageningen UR, The Netherlands ►
Joeska Husny
ETH Zurich, Australia/Switzerland ►
Orit Peleg
ETH Zurich, Israel/Switzerland ►
Cyrille Vezy
TU Munich, Germany ►
Varvara Mitropoulos
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
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CURRENT BIOLOGY 19 (2009) R745 ►Selected conferences (co-)organized by project members
8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics WCCM8 2008
30 June - 5 July 2007, Venice, Italy ►13 May 2025
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