Neutron scattering experiments were performed on three molecular weight pairs of symmetric, isotopic blends of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) of near-critical composition. Scattering data covering close to 3 decades in size were globally fit using the random phase approximation (RPA) and the Debye function for Gaussian polymer coils using the interaction parameter, ø, and statistical segment len...

Systems of highly degenerate ordered or frozen state may exhibit inverse melting (reversible crystallization upon heating) or inverse freezing (reversible glass transition upon heating). This phenomenon is reviewed, and a list of experimental demonstrations and theoretical models is presented. A simple spin model for inverse melting is introduced and solved analytically for infinite range, cons...

The classical Voorn-Overbeek thermodynamic theory of complexation and phase separation of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes is generalized to account for the charge accessibility and hydrophobicity of polyions, size of salt ions, and pH variations. Theoretical predictions of the effects of pH and salt concentration are compared with published experimental data and experiments we performed, on...

formation of asphaltene deposition during oil production, processing and synthesis is known as a fundamental problem of petroleum reservoir worldwide. asphaltene is a petroleum fraction that can lead to increasing the operating costs in these industries. variations in operational pressure, temperature and fluid composition are generally the significant cause of asphaltene precipitation. in this...

The Flory-Huggins interaction is measured for a model rod-coil block copolymer system, poly(alkoxyphenylenevinylene-b-isoprene), by fitting the interfacial segregation of block copolymer to a homopolymer interface and by using the random phase approximation (RPA) for block copolymers. The measured interfacial segregation of a block copolymer to the interface between homopolymers, fit with a sel...

Polymer translocation through a nanopore in a thin membrane is studied using a coarse-grained bead-spring model and Langevin dynamics simulation with a particular emphasis to explore out of equilibrium characteristics of the translocating chain. We analyze the out of equilibrium chain conformations both at the cis and the trans side separately either as a function of the time during the translo...

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>We investigate the longtime behavior of solutions to Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard system (also known as Model H) with singular (e.g. Flory-Huggins) potential and non-constant viscosity. We prove that initial boundary value problem generates a strongly continuous semigroup on suitable phase-space. Next, we establish existence global attractor exponential attract...