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Special Topic on AI for Polymers Open

Jian Jiang, An‐Chang Shi, Li‐Tang Yan · 2025

Designing a minimal Landau model to stabilize desired quasicrystals Open

Wei Si, Shifeng Li, Pingwen Zhang, An‐Chang Shi, Kai Jiang · 2025

Interparticle interactions with multiple length scales play a pivotal role in the formation and stability of quasicrystals. Choosing a minimal set of length scales to stabilize a given quasicrystal is a challenging problem. To address this…

Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images Combining Entropy Attention and DWT Feature Enhancement Open

Chunjuan Liu, An‐Chang Shi, Xiaogang Chen, Xiaosuo Wu, Hai Yan · 2025

Synthesis of High-Entropy Selenides Nanotubes in Nicofemnznse2@C Anodes for Sodium Storage Open

Shuangshuang Liang, Yuanxiao Ma, Zhao-Qiang Li, Xuelin Wang, An‐Chang Shi , et al. · 2025

Effects of Chain Dispersity on the Stability of Frank–Kasper Phases Self‐Assembled from Diblock Copolymers Open

Chi To Lai, An‐Chang Shi · 2024

The effect of chain dispersity on the relative stability of Frank–Kasper (FK) phases self‐assembled from diblock copolymers (DBCPs) is studied using self‐consistent field theory applied to DBCPs with one disperse block obeying the Poisson …

Phase Behaviour of X-Shaped Liquid Crystalline Molecules Open

Dan Wei, Zhijuan He, Yunqing Huang, An‐Chang Shi, Kai Jiang · 2024

X-shaped liquid crystalline molecules (XLCMs) are obtained by tethering two flexible end A-blocks and two flexible side B-blocks to a rigid backbone (R). A rich array of ordered structures can be formed from XLCMs, driven by the competitio…

Stability of diverse dodecagonal quasicrystals in T-shaped liquid crystalline molecules Open

Xin Wang, An‐Chang Shi, Pingwen Zhang, Kai Jiang · 2024

Quasicrystals are intriguing ordered structures characterized by the lack of translational symmetry and the existence of rotational symmetry. The tiling of different geometric units such as triangles and squares in two-dimensional space ca…

Role of miR-455-3p in the alleviation of LPS-induced acute lung injury by allicin Open

Yueliang Zheng, Gao‐xiang Li, An‐Chang Shi, Junping Guo, Yingge Xu , et al. · 2024

Acute lung injury (ALI) is a type of diffuse lung injury that seriously affects the survival of critically ill patients. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) can serve as promising therapeutic targets or offer insights for the development of potential thera…

Designing a minimal Landau theory to stabilize desired quasicrystals Open

Wei Si, Shifeng Li, Pingwen Zhang, An‐Chang Shi, Kai Jiang · 2024

Interparticle interactions with multiple length scales play a pivotal role in the formation and stability of quasicrystals. Choosing a minimal set of length scales to stabilize a given quasicrystal is a challenging problem. To address this…

Phase behavior of symmetric diblock copolymers under 3D soft confinement Open

Zhijuan He, Jin Huang, Kai Jiang, An‐Chang Shi · 2024

The phase behavior of symmetric diblock copolymers under three-dimensional (3D) soft confinement is investigated using the self-consistent field theory. The soft confinement is realized in binary blends composed AB diblock copolymers and C…

Nucleation and phase transition of decagonal quasicrystals Open

Tiejun Zhou, Lei Zhang, Pingwen Zhang, An‐Chang Shi, Kai Jiang · 2024

In this work, we study the nucleation of quasicrystals from liquid or periodic crystals by developing an efficient order-order phase transition algorithm, namely the nullspace-preserving saddle search method. Specifically, we focus on nucl…

Sequential Self-Assembly of Polystyrene-block-Polydimethylsiloxane for 3D Nanopatterning via Solvent Annealing Open

Thanmayee Shastry, Jiayu Xie, Cheng‐Hsun Tung, Teoh Yen Lynn, Aum Sagar Panda , et al. · 2024

This study aims to develop a strategy for the fabrication of multilayer nanopatterns through sequential self-assembly of lamella-forming polystyrene-block-polydimethylsiloxane (PS-b-PDMS) block copolymer (BCP) from solvent an…

Topology Effect on Order–Disorder Transition of High-χ Block Copolymers Open

Cheng-Yen Chang, Gkreti-Maria Manesi, Jiayu Xie, An‐Chang Shi, Thanmayee Shastry , et al. · 2024

This work aims to systematically examine the topology effect on the self-assembly of block copolymers. Compositionally, symmetric polystyrene-block-polydimethylsiloxane block copolymers (BCPs) with different chain topologies (dibloc…

Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems Open

Carlos L. Bassani, Greg van Anders, Uri Banin, Dmitry Baranov, Qian Chen , et al. · 2024

We explore the potential of nanocrystals (a term used equivalently to nanoparticles) as building blocks for nanomaterials, and the current advances and open challenges for fundamental science developments and applications. Nanocrystal asse…

Phase behavior of triblock copolymer and homopolymer blends: Effect of copolymer topology Open

Jiayu Xie, An‐Chang Shi · 2024

Two distinct linear triblock copolymers with different block sequences, ABA or BAB, are obtained when two identical AB diblock copolymers are jointed at their B or A ends, respectively, resulting in three homologous, AB diblock, ABA, and B…

423 Evaluation of the drug-drug interaction potential of elexacaftorrosuvastatin using a physiologically based pharmacokinetic simulation approach Open

An‐Chang Shi, Paul M. Beringer, Eunjin Hong, A. Vijaya Rao, Peter S. Chung · 2023

Theory of polygonal phases self-assembled from T-shaped liquid crystalline molecules Open

Zhijuan He, Xin Wang, An‐Chang Shi, Kai Jiang · 2023

Extensive experimental studies have shown that numerous ordered phases can be formed via the self-assembly of T-shaped liquid crystalline molecules (TLCMs) composed of a rigid backbone, two flexible end chains and a flexible side chain. Ho…

Special Issue: Theory and Simulation of Macromolecules Open

Wenbing Hu, Li‐Tang Yan, Jiajia Zhou, An‐Chang Shi · 2023

Regulating the self‐assembly of AB/CD diblock copolymer blends via secondary interactions Open

Jiayu Xie, Chi To Lai, An‐Chang Shi · 2023

Designed multiblock copolymers with complex architectures offer unlimited opportunities to obtain novel nanostructured phases, however, their synthesis could be challenging and expensive. An alternative approach to access desired nanostruc…

Transition pathways connecting crystals and quasicrystals Open

Jianyuan Yin, Kai Jiang, An‐Chang Shi, Pingwen Zhang, Lei Zhang · 2021

Significance Despite the fact that tremendous efforts have been made on the study of quasicrystals since their discovery in 1984, nucleation of quasicrystals—the emergence of a quasicrystal from a crystalline phase—still presents an unsolv…

Binary Blends of Diblock Copolymers: An Efficient Route to Complex Spherical Packing Phases Open

Jiayu Xie, Yu Li, An‐Chang Shi · 2021

The phase behaviour of binary blends composed of A$_1$B$_1$ and A$_2$B$_2$ diblock copolymers is systematically studied using the polymeric self-consistent field theory, focusing on the formation and relative stability of various spherical…

Review for "Estimation of linear, ring, and star polyethylene viscosity through proper orthogonal decomposition and Voronoi tessellation analysis of molecular dynamics data" Open

An‐Chang Shi · 2021

Comment on “Quantify the contribution of chain length heterogeneity on block copolymer self-assembly” Open

Chi To Lai, An‐Chang Shi · 2021

Formation of complex spherical packing phases in diblock copolymer/homopolymer blends Open

Jiayu Xie, An‐Chang Shi · 2020

First reaction: Mesoatom alloys via self-sorting approach of giant molecules blends Open

An‐Chang Shi · 2020

Nucleation of quasicrystals Open

Jianyuan Yin, Kai Jiang, An‐Chang Shi, Pingwen Zhang, Lei Zhang · 2020

Due to structural incommensurability, the emergence of a quasicrystal from a crystalline phase represents a challenge to computational physics. Here the nucleation of quasicrystals is investigated using an efficient computational method ap…

Formation and Regulation of Multicompartment Vesicles from Cyclic Diblock Copolymer Solutions: A Simulation Study Open

Yongbing Song, Run Jiang, Zheng Wang, Yuhua Yin, Baohui Li , et al. · 2020

The self-assembly of a cyclic AB copolymer system with relatively long A blocks and short B blocks in B-selective solvents is investigated using a simulated annealing method. By investigating the effect of the lengths and solubilities of A…

Fine-tuned order-order phase transitions in giant surfactants via interfacial engineering Open

Wenpeng Shan, Wei Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Yuyang Ji, Ruimeng Zhang , et al. · 2020

Pathways connecting two opposed bilayers with a fusion pore: a molecularly-informed phase field approach Open

Yucen Han, Zirui Xu, An‐Chang Shi, Lei Zhang · 2019

A phase field model with two phase fields, representing the concentration and the head–tail separation of amphiphilic molecules, respectively, has been constructed using an extension of the Ohta–Kawasaki model (Macromolecules, 1986, 19, 26…

Breaking Parallel Orientation of Rods via a Dendritic Architecture toward Diverse Supramolecular Structures Open

Ruimeng Zhang, Xueyan Feng, Rui Zhang, Wenpeng Shan, Zebin Su , et al. · 2019

Self‐assembled nanostructures of rod‐like molecules are commonly limited to nematic or layered smectic structures dominated by the parallel arrangement of the rod‐like components. Distinct self‐assembly behavior of four categories of dendr…

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