Soft nanoparticles: nano ionic networks of associated ionic polymers

D Aryal and GS Grest and D Perahia, NANOSCALE, 9, 2117-2122 (2017).

DOI: 10.1039/c6nr09206c

Directing the formation of nanostructures that serve as building blocks of membranes presents an immense step towards engineering controlled polymeric ion transport systems. Using the exquisite atomic detail captured by molecular dynamics simulations, we follow the assembly of a co-polymer that consists of polystyrene sulfonate tethered symmetrically to hydrophobic blocks, realizing a new type of long lived solvent- responsive soft nanoparticle.

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