Polymers and Soft Matter
Experimental and theoretical description of the structural and dynamic properties of polymer based materials
This research line addresses the experimental study and theoretical simulation by molecular dynamics methods of polymer based materials and soft matter at different length and time scales (micro, nano, meso, macro). An important part of the activity is dedicated to the study of the structural and dielectric properties of these polymeric systems using both dielectric relaxation techniques and neutron techniques.
Specific topics
- Structure, dynamics, and self-assembly of complex single chain polymers.
- Dielectric properties of polymer materials.
- Synthesis of topological polymers and construction of hybrid organic nanostructures.
- Inelastic and quasileastic neutron scattering in soft materials.
Related publications
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1 Neat Protein Single-Chain Nanoparticles from Partially Denatured BSA
P. M. de Molina, T. P. Le, A. Iturrospe, U. Gasser, A. Arbe, J. Colmenero, and J. A. Pomposo
ACS Omega 7, 42163 (2022). -
2 Macrocyclic polymers: Synthesis, purification, properties andapplications
J. Ochs, C. A. Pagnacco, and F. Barroso-Bujans
Prog. Polym. Sci. 134, (2022). -
3 Gold nanoparticles endowed with low-temperature colloidal stability bycyclic polyethylene glycol in ethanol
M. A. Aboudzadeh, J. Kruse, M. Sanroman Iglesias, D. Cangialosi, A. Alegria, M. Grzelczak, and F. Barroso-Bujans
Soft Matter 17, 7792 (2021). -
4 Reaching the Ideal Glass in Polymer Spheres: Thermodynamics andVibrational Density of States
X. Monnier, J. Colmenero, M. Wolf, and D. Cangialosi
Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 11 (2021). -
5 Polymorphism in Non-Fullerene Acceptors Based onIndacenodithienothiophene
S. Marina, A. D. Scaccabarozzi, E. Gutierrez-Fernandez, E. Solano, A. Khirbat, L. Ciammaruchi, A. Iturrospe, A. Balzer, L. Yu, E. Gabirondo, X. Monnier, H. Sardon, T. D. Anthopoulos, M. Caironi, M. Campoy-Quiles, C. Muller, D. Cangialosi, N. Stingelin, and J. Martin
Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 29 (2021). -
6 Direct observation of desorption of a melt of long polymer chains
X. Monnier, S. Napolitano, and D. Cangialosi
Nat. Commun. 11, 1 (2020). -
7 Single-chain nanoparticles: opportunities provided by internal andexternal confinement
E. Verde-Sesto, A. Arbe, A. J. Moreno, D. Cangialosi, A. Alegria, J. Colmenero, and J. A. Pomposo
Mater. Horizons 7, 2292 (2020). -
8 Dielectric Susceptibility of Liquid Water: Microscopic Insights fromCoherent and Incoherent Neutron Scattering
A. Arbe, P. Malo de Molina, F. Alvarez, B. Frick, and J. Colmenero
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 18 (2016). -
9 Confinement of poly(ethylene oxide) in the nanometer-scale pores ofresins and carbon nanoparticles
F. Barroso-Bujans, P. Palomino, S. Cerveny, F. Fernandez-Alonso, S. Rudic, A. Alegria, J. Colmenero, and E. Enciso
Soft Matter 9, 10960 (2013). -
10 Polymer Chain Dynamics: Evidence of Nonexponential Mode Relaxation UsingThermally Stimulated Depolarization Current Techniques
S. Arrese-Igor, A. Alegria, and J. Colmenero
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 7 (2014).