polymer simulation – TechConnect Briefs

Polymer Simulation in a Microfluidic Entropic Trap

Kallemov B., Trebotich D., Miller G.H., Lawrence Berkeley Natinal Laboratory, US

We have developed a novel algorithm for the simulation of polymer-laden flows in microfluidic devices. Our algorithm is based on a hybridization of high order accurate continuum and particle methods. The continuum method provides the [...]

Modeling of PDMS – Silica Nanocomposites

Smith G.D., Smith J.S., Smith G.D., Smith J.S., Borodin O., University of Utah, US

A hydrogen bonding pathway between polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and hydroxyl groups on a silica surface was studied using quantum chemistry calculations of disiloxane and hexamethyldisiloxane molecules with small silica clusters. A newly developed classical force field [...]