Determining the best practice – Optimal designs of composite helical structures using Genetic Algorithms
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DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.113982
Abstract: Abstract Composite helical structures (CHSs) can store and release strain energy through elastic deformation, which have been used in automobile and aerospace structures. The compressive stiffness to weight ratio is the core in the design… read more here.
Keywords: best practice; helical structures; composite helical; genetic algorithms ... See more keywords
Self-assembling helical structures in solutions of achiral diamide-ester gelator molecules
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DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.04.036
Abstract: Abstract Self-assembling structures of amphiphilic BHPB-n gelator molecules are studied theoretically using a hierarchical approach involving both all-atomic computer modelling and analytical consideration at the mesoscopic length-scale (based on statistical mechanics of chain molecules and… read more here.
Keywords: gelator molecules; assembling helical; self assembling; helical structures ... See more keywords
Perfect helical structure of semiflexible polyelectrolyte chain confined in a cylinder
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DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123499
Abstract: Abstract Conformations of a semiflexible polyelectrolyte (SPE) chain with neutralizing charged counterions confined in a cylinder have been investigated by off-lattice Monte Carlo simulations. Effects of electrostatic interactions of different Bjerrum length lB between PEs… read more here.
Keywords: chain; helical structures; helical structure; semiflexible polyelectrolyte ... See more keywords
Polymeric Helical Structures à la Carte by Rational Design of Monomers
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00085
Abstract: Preparation of helical structures a la carte by monomer design of dynamic helical polymers such as poly(phenylacetylene)s (PPAs) is a difficult task due to conformational freedom of the polyene bac... read more here.
Keywords: helical structures; carte rational; rational design; structures carte ... See more keywords
Cis-Cisoid Helical Structures of Poly(3,5-disubstituted phenylacetylene)s Stabilized by Intramolecular n → π* Interactions
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00078
Abstract: A pair of enantiomeric cis-poly(phenylacetylene)s (PPAs) substituted at the meta-positions of pendant phenyl rings by an achiral methoxycarbonyl group and a chiral 1-methylpropyloxycarbonyl group (i.e., sP-Me-C4/rP-Me-C4) as well as two cis-PPAs bearing either just a… read more here.
Keywords: structures poly; helical structures; cis cisoid; phenylacetylene ... See more keywords
Multi-strand Fibers with Hierarchical Helical Structures Driven by Water or Moisture for Soft Actuators
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DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06487
Abstract: Smart actuators that combine excellent mechanical properties and responsive actuating performance like biological muscles have attracted considerable attention. In this study, a water/humidity responsive actuator, consisting of multi-strand carboxyl methyl cellulose (CMC) fibers with helical… read more here.
Keywords: strand; water; helical structures; actuator ... See more keywords
Supramolecular secondary helical structures in solid-state N-protected amino acids.
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DOI: 10.1039/d0nr05259k
Abstract: Helix is an important secondary structure in proteins and polypeptides, which, however, has rarely been recognized in amino acids or their simple derivatives. In this work, we firstly unveil the generic existence of supramolecular helical… read more here.
Keywords: solid state; state protected; helical structures; amino acids ... See more keywords
Numerical High-Order Model for the Nonlinear Elastic Computation of Helical Structures
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DOI: 10.1155/2021/6655909
Abstract: In this work, we propose a high-order algorithm based on the asymptotic numerical method (ANM) for the nonlinear elastic computation of helical structures without neglecting any nonlinear term. The nonlinearity considered in the following study… read more here.
Keywords: helical structures; elastic computation; high order; computation helical ... See more keywords