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Title: Dissipative particle dynamics simulation of multicompartment micelle nanoreactor with channel for reactants

Abstract

The structural variation of multicompartment micelles is investigated using a dissipative particle dynamics simulation method for nano-reactor application. It turns out that well-defined multicompartment micelles with channel structures can be generated through the self-assembly of triblock copolymers consisting of a hydrophilic (A), a lipophilic (B), and a fluorophobic (C) block arranged in a B–A–C sequence: The corona and core are formed by the hydrophilic A block and the fluorophilic C block, respectively while the channel between the aqueous phase and core is formed by the lipophilic B block and the core. By performing a set of simulations, it is confirmed that channel size can be controlled as a function of the block length ratios between blocks A and B. Furthermore, it is also confirmed that the reactants pass through such channels to reach the micelle core by analyzing the pair correlation functions. By monitoring the change of the number of reactants in the multicompartment micelle, it is revealed that the diffusion of reactants into the core is slowed down as the concentration gradient is decreased. This work provides mesoscopic insight for the formation of multicompartment micelles and transport of reactants for use in the design of micelles as nanoreactors.

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  1. Computational NanoBio Technology Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
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Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1481927
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OSTI ID: 1499912
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-03ER15459
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
RSC Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: RSC Advances Journal Volume: 8 Journal Issue: 66; Journal ID: ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

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Lee, Seung Min, Bond, Nicholas, Callaway, Connor, Clark, Benjamin, Farmer, Emily, Mallard, MacKensie, and Jang, Seung Soon. Dissipative particle dynamics simulation of multicompartment micelle nanoreactor with channel for reactants. United Kingdom: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1039/C8RA07023G.
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Lee, Seung Min, Bond, Nicholas, Callaway, Connor, Clark, Benjamin, Farmer, Emily, Mallard, MacKensie, & Jang, Seung Soon. Dissipative particle dynamics simulation of multicompartment micelle nanoreactor with channel for reactants. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA07023G
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Lee, Seung Min, Bond, Nicholas, Callaway, Connor, Clark, Benjamin, Farmer, Emily, Mallard, MacKensie, and Jang, Seung Soon. Mon . "Dissipative particle dynamics simulation of multicompartment micelle nanoreactor with channel for reactants". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA07023G.
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@article{osti_1481927,
title = {Dissipative particle dynamics simulation of multicompartment micelle nanoreactor with channel for reactants},
author = {Lee, Seung Min and Bond, Nicholas and Callaway, Connor and Clark, Benjamin and Farmer, Emily and Mallard, MacKensie and Jang, Seung Soon},
abstractNote = {The structural variation of multicompartment micelles is investigated using a dissipative particle dynamics simulation method for nano-reactor application. It turns out that well-defined multicompartment micelles with channel structures can be generated through the self-assembly of triblock copolymers consisting of a hydrophilic (A), a lipophilic (B), and a fluorophobic (C) block arranged in a B–A–C sequence: The corona and core are formed by the hydrophilic A block and the fluorophilic C block, respectively while the channel between the aqueous phase and core is formed by the lipophilic B block and the core. By performing a set of simulations, it is confirmed that channel size can be controlled as a function of the block length ratios between blocks A and B. Furthermore, it is also confirmed that the reactants pass through such channels to reach the micelle core by analyzing the pair correlation functions. By monitoring the change of the number of reactants in the multicompartment micelle, it is revealed that the diffusion of reactants into the core is slowed down as the concentration gradient is decreased. This work provides mesoscopic insight for the formation of multicompartment micelles and transport of reactants for use in the design of micelles as nanoreactors.},
doi = {10.1039/C8RA07023G},
journal = {RSC Advances},
number = 66,
volume = 8,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Mon Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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Table 1 Table 1: Repulsion parameters a$ij$ between each pair of species in the DPD simulation system. Note that a$ij$ = 25.0 by definition19 [see eqn (4)]
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