Insertion free energy of PAP[5] water channels into block copolymer membranes

Author(s):  
Ritwick Kali ◽  
Scott Milner

Biomimetic water channels embedded in copolymer membranes are promising candidates for next-generation desalination materials. Peptide appended pillar[5]arene (PAP[5]) is one such synthetic channel, which transports water at a rate comparable...

2018 ◽  
Vol 209 ◽  
pp. 415-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Gong

Developing bioinspired artificial water channels may lead to the next-generation filtration membranes with ultra-high pore density and exclusive water permeability.


1989 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen-Gang Wang ◽  
S. A. Safran

ABSTRACTWe consider the curvature elastic properties of a layer of block copolymer at the interface between two incompatible homopolymers. We focus on the relation between the relative lengths of the blocks and the elastic properties of the interfacial layer which determines the phase behavior. The curvature elastic moduli K and K, as well as the spontaneous curvature, c0, are obtained. The curvature free energy is used to predict the relative stability of spherical, cylindrical, lamellar, and ordered bicontinuous saddle-shaped structures as functions of concentration and polymer properties.


2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 479-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAOFENG REN ◽  
JUNCHENG WEI

We prove the existence of energy equilibria of the di-block copolymer problem in the unit disk. They consist of concentrically layered micro-domains rich in one of the two monomer building units. We construct them by solving the proper singular limit of the free energy functional. The same limit also explains how under a dynamic law of the free energy, circular interfaces of non-equilibria may move to the origin and vanish, or collapse to each other, thereby reducing the number of layers.


Soft Matter ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 3284 ◽  
Author(s):  
YongJoo Kim ◽  
Hsieh Chen ◽  
Alfredo Alexander-Katz

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gottlieb ◽  
B. Rösner ◽  
L. Evangelio ◽  
M. Fernández-Regúlez ◽  
A. Nogales ◽  
...  

Fabrication of sub-10 nm topographical guiding patterns, block copolymer directed self-assembly, thorough morphology analysis and free energy modelling.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seokhan Park ◽  
Joonsoo Park ◽  
Jemin Park ◽  
Hyun-Woo Kim ◽  
Changhyun Cho ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (17) ◽  
pp. 6813-6818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jongheon Kwak ◽  
Avnish Kumar Mishra ◽  
Jaeyong Lee ◽  
Kyu Seong Lee ◽  
Chungryong Choi ◽  
...  

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