Dynamics and Transport in Macromolecular Networks

A much-needed overview of developments and scientific findings in the transport behaviors in macromolecular networks.

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Li-Tang Yan is a full professor with tenure at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He obtained his PhD in polymer physics and chemistry at Tsinghua University in 2007, and then went to Bayreuth University in Germany as a Humboldt Research Fellowship. In 2010, he joined Prof. Anna Balazs' group at University of Pittsburgh in USA as a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. He returned to Tsinghua University as a faculty in Department of Chemical Engineering from May 2011. In 2020, he obtained the "NSFC Award" for Outstanding Young Scientist. His research interests focus on computational and theoretical aspects of soft matter systems, including macromolecular networks, nanoparticle cellular interactions and nano-engineer materials that are self-assembling and self-regulating.

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Comprehensive knowledge on concepts and experimental advancement, as well as state-of-the-art computational tools and techniques for simulation and theory Dynamics and Transport in Macromolecular Networks: Theory, Modeling, and Experiments provides a unique introduction to the currently emerging, highly interdisciplinary field of those transport processes that exhibit various dynamic patterns and even anomalous behaviors of dynamics, investigating concepts and experimental advancement, as well as state-of-the-art computational tools and techniques for the simulation of macromolecular networks and the transport behavior in them. The detailed text begins with discussions on the structural organization of various macromolecular networks, then moves on to review and consolidate the latest research advances and state-of-the-art tools and techniques for the experimental and theoretical studies of the transport in macromolecular networks. In so doing, the text extracts and emphasizes common principles and research advancement from many different disciplines while providing up-to-date coverage of this new field of research. Written by highly experienced and internationally renowned specialists in various disciplines, such as polymer, soft matter, chemistry, biophysics, and more, Dynamics and Transport in Macromolecular Networks covers sample topics such as:

• Modeling (visco)elasticity macromolecular and biomacromolecular networks, covering statistical and elastic models and permanent biomacromolecular networks
• Focus on controlled degradation in modeling reactive hydrogels, covering mesoscale modeling of reactive polymer networks and modeling crosslinking due to hydrosilylation reaction
• Dynamic bonds in associating polymer networks, covering segmental and chain dynamics and phase-separated aggregate dynamics

• Direct observation of polymer reptation in entangled solutions and junction fluctuations in crosslinked networks, covering tube width fluctuations and dynamic fluctuations of crosslinks A much-needed overview of developments and scientific findings in the transport behaviors in macromolecular networks, Dynamics and Transport in Macromolecular Networks is a highly valuable resource for chemists, physicists, and other scientists and engineers working in fields related to macromolecular network systems, both theoretically and experimentally.

  Inhalt
  Preface

  MODELLING (VISCO)ELASTICITY MACROMOLECULAR AND BIOMACROMOLECULAR NETWORKS
  Permanent Macromolecular Networks
  Permanent Biomacromolecular Networks
  Transient Macromolecular/Biomacromolecular Networks
  Outlooks

  MODELING REACTIVE HYDROGELS: FOCUS ON CONTROLLED DEGRADATION
  Introduction
  Mesoscale modeling of reactive polymer networks
  Continuum modeling of reactive hydrogels
  Conclusions

  DYNAMIC BONDS IN ASSOCIATING POLYMER NETWORKS
  Introduction of Dynamic Bonds
  Physical Insight of Dynamic Bonds
  Properties and Applications
  Conclusion

  DIRECT OBSERVATION OF POLYMER REPTATION IN ENTANGLED SOLUTIONS AND JUNCTION FLUCTUATIONS IN CROSSLINKED NETWORKS
  Introduction
  Reptation in Entangled Solutions
  Dynamic Fluctuations of Crosslinks
  Conclusion

  RECENT PROGRESS OF HYDROGELS IN FABRICATION OF MENISCUS SCAFFOLDS
  Introduction
  Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Meniscus
  Biomaterial Requirements for Constructing Meniscal Scaffolds
  Hydrogel-Based Meniscus Scaffolds
  Mimicking Microstructure: The Key to Constructing the Next Generation Meniscus Scaffolds
  Conclusion

  STRONG, TOUGH, AND FAST-RECOVERY HYDROGELS
  Current Progress on Strong and Tough Hydrogels
  Polymer-supramolecular Double-network Hydrogels
  Hybrid Networks with Peptide-metal Complexes
  Hydrogels Crosslinked with Hierarchically Assembled Peptide Structures
  Outlook

  DIUSIO-MECHANICAL THEORY OF POLYMER NETWORK SWELLING
  Introduction
  Swelling Model
  Results
  Perspective
  Conclusion

  THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON HOPPING DIFFUSION OF NANOPARTICLES IN CROSS-LINKED POLYMER NETWORKS
  Introduction
  2010s? Theories of Nanoparticle Hopping Diffusion
  Recent Computational and Theoretical Work
  Open Questions and Future Research Directions
  Concluding Remarks

  MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF THE NETWORK STRAND DYNAMICS AND NANOPARTICLE DIFFUSION IN ELASTOMERS
  Introduction
  Structures and Dynamics of Model Elastomer Networks
  Diffusion Dynamics of Nanoparticles in Elastomers: Melts and Networks
  Conclusions

  EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES OF TRANSPORT OF NANOPARTICLES IN MUCOSAL TISSUES
  Introduction
  Enhancing Diffusivity of Deformable Particles to Overcome Mucus Barriers via Adjusting Their Rigidity
  The Effect of the Shape on the Diffusivity of NPs in Mucus

  PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF NANOPARTICLE TRANSPORT IN MACROMOLECULAR NETWORKS: FLEXIBILITY, TOPOLOGY AND ENTROPY
  Introduction
  Effects of the Chain Flexibility of Strands
  Effects of Network Topology
  Summary and Outlook