Polymer Macromolecules at Surfaces, Polymer Interfaces (theory + computer experiment)
Polymer adsorption, interaction between adsorbed layers. Adsorption of stiff polymers, macromolecules with associating groups, polyelectrolytes. Surface nanopattern formation for adsorbed block-copolymers. Polymer interfaces. Polymer brushes: equilibrium structure and surface modes. Linear and nonlinear dynamics, rheology of thin polymer layers. Polymer-colloid interactions.Representative publications in 1992-2012:
1. F.F. Ternovsky, E.A. Zheligovskaya, A.R. Khokhlov. Statistics of Stiff Polymer Chains near an Adsorbing Surface. Macromol.Chem. Theory Simul., 1993, v.2, p.151.
2. E.Yu. Kramarenko, R.G. Winkler, P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov, P. Reineker. Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Adsorption of Polymer Chains with Variable Degree of Rigidity. I. Static Properties. J. Chem. Phys., 1996, v.104, p.4806.
3. E.A. Zheligovskaya, P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov. Polymer Chain Binding with a Flat Adsorbent in the Case of Selective Adsorption of Segments: Monte Carlo Simulation. J. Chem. Phys., 1997, v.106, p.8598.
4. P.G. Khalatur, L.V. Zherenkova, A.R. Khokhlov. Aggregation of Colloidal Particles Induced by Polymer Chains: the RISM Integral Equation Theory. Physica A, 1997, v.247, p.205.
5. P.G. Khalatur, L.V. Zherenkova, A.R. Khokhlov. Interaction of Colloidal Particles with Macromolecules: the RISM Integral Equation Theory. J. Physique II (France), 1997, v.7, p.543.
6. A.N. Semenov, A.V. Subbotin, G. Hadziioannou, G. Ten Brinke, E. Manias, M. Doi. Nonlinear Dynamics of Melted Polymer Layers. Macromol.Chem., Macromol.Symp., 1997, v.121, p.175.
7. A.Subbotin, A.Semenov, M.Doi. Friction in Strongly Confined Polymer Melts: Effect of Polymer Bridges. Phys.Rev.E, 1997, v.56, p.623.
8. S. Stepanow, J.U. Sommer, I.Ya. Erukhimovich. Localization Transition of Random Copolymers at Interfaces. Phys. Rev. Lett., 1998, v.81, p.4412.
9. A.N.Semenov, J.-F.Joanny, A.Johner. Polymer Adsorption: Mean-Field Theory and Ground State Dominance Approximation. In: Theoretical and Mathematical Models in Polymer Science, Chapter 2, pp.37-81 (Ed. A. Grosberg, Academic Press, Boston, 1998).
10. E.Yu. Kramarenko, I.I. Potemkin, A.R. Khokhlov, R.G. Winkler, P. Reineker. Surface Micellar Nanopattern Formation of Adsorbed Diblock Copolymer Systems. Macromolecules, 1999, v.32, p.3495.
11. I. I. Potemkin, E. Yu. Kramarenko, A. R. Khokhlov, R. G. Winkler, P. Reineker, P. Eibeck, J. P. Spatz, M. Moeller. Nanopattern of Diblock Copolymers Selectively Adsorbed on a Plane Surface. Langmuir, 1999, v.15, p.7290.
12. J.P. Spatz, P. Eibeck, S. Mossmer, M. Moeller, E. Kramarenko, P. Khalatur, I. Potemkin, A. Khokhlov, R. Winkler, P. Reineker. Order-Disorder Transition in Surface-Induced Nanopattern of Diblock Copolymer Films. Macromolecules, 2000, v.33, p.150.
13. P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov, S.A. Prokhorova, S.S. Sheiko, M. Moeller, P. Reineker, D.G. Shirvanyanz, N. Starovoitova. Unusual Conformation of Molecular Cylindrical Brushes Strongly Adsorbed on a Flat Solid Surface. Eur. Phys. J. E, 2000, v.1, p.99.
14. Yu.S. Velichko, K. Yoshikawa , A.R. Khokhlov. Surface-Induced DNA Superhelicity. Biomacromolecules, 2000, v.1, p.459.
15. I.I. Potemkin, A.R. Khokhlov, P. Reineker. Stiffness and Conformations of Molecular Bottle-Brushes Strongly Adsorbed on a Flat Surface. Eur. Phys. J. E, 2001, v.4, p.93.
16. S.S. Sheiko, S.A. Prokhorova, K.L. Beers, K. Matyjaszewski, I.I. Potemkin, A.R. Khokhlov, M. Moeller. Single Molecule Rod-Globule Phase Transition for Brush Molecules at a Flat Interface. Macromolecules, 2001, v.34, p.8354.
17. V.G. Babak, V.A. Vasnev, G.D. Markova, M.L. Keshtov, A.R. Khokhlov. Photomechanical Effects in Langmuir Monolayers from Polymers Containing Azobenzene Groups in Main Chain. Mendeleev Communications, 2002, v., p.216.
18. I.I. Potemkin. Elasticity-Driven Spontaneous Curvature of a 2D Comb-Like Polymer with Repulsive Interactions in the Side Chains. Eur. Phys. J. E, 2003, v.12, p.207.
19. V.G. Babak, V.E. Tikhonov, M. Rinaudo, O.E. Philippova, A.R. Khokhlov. Selective Separation of Polymer Mixtures by 'Bubble-Flotation Chromatography' Method. Mendeleev Communications, 2003, v., p.217.
20. N.A. Plate, A.D. Litmanovich, Ya.V. Kudryavtsev, E.N. Govorun. Interplay of chemical and physical factors in reacting polymer blends. Theoretical considerations. Macromol. Symp., 2003, v.191, p.11.
21. S.S. Abramchuk, A.N. Semenov, A.R. Khokhlov. Binary Polymer Mixtures in Selective Solvents: Interfacial Structure. Macromol. Theory Simul., 2004, v.13, p.64.
22. J. Ubbink, A.R. Khokhlov. Poisson-Boltzmann Theory of the Charge-Induced Adsorption of Semiflexible Polyelectrolytes. J. Chem. Phys., 2004, v.120, p.5353.
23. I.I. Potemkin. Lamellar Orientation in Thin, Supported Diblock Copolymer Films: Strong Segregation Theory. Macromolecules, 2004, v.37, p.3505.
24. I.I. Potemkin, A.R. Khokhlov, S. Prokhorova, S.S. Sheiko, M. Moller, K.L. Beers, K. Matyjaszewski. Spontaneous Curvature of Comblike Polymers at a Flat Interface. Macromolecules, 2004, v.37, p.3918.
25. V.V. Vasilevskaya, A.A. Aerov, A.R. Khokhlov. Catalytic Reactions of a Surface-Active Catalyst and a Surface-Active Substrate in Emulsions: The Optimal Drop Size. Doklady Physical Chemistry, 2004, v.398, p.258.
26. I.I. Potemkin, M. Moeller. Microphase Separation in Ultrathin Films of Diblock Copolymers with Variable Stickiness of One of the Blocks to the Surface. Macromolecules, 2005, v.38, p.2999.
27. V.V. Vasilevskaya, A.A. Aerov, A.R. Khokhlov. Control of Reactions Between Surfactant Reagents in Miniemulsions. Surface Nanoreactors. Colloid Polym. Sci., 2005, v.284, p.459.
28. N. Severin, I.M. Okhapkin, A.R. Khokhlov, J.P. Rabe. Adsorption of Polyelectrolyte Molecules to a Nanostructured Monolayer of Amphiphiles. Nanoletters, 2006, v.6, p.1018.
29. I.I. Potemkin. Persistence Length of Comblike Polymers Strongly Adsorbed on a Flat Surface. Macromolecules, 2006, v.39, p.7178.
30. V.G. Babak, J. Desbriers. Dynamic Surface Tension and Dilational Viscoelasticity of Adsorption Layers of Alkylated Chitosans and Surfactant-Chitosan Complexes. Colloid Polym. Sci., 2006, v.284, p.745.
31. V.G. Babak, J. Desbrieres, V.E. Tikhonov. Dynamic Surface Tension and Dilational Viscoelasticity of Adsorption Layers of a Hydrophobically Modified Chitosan. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. and Engineering Aspects, 2006, v.255, p.119.
32. A.D. Litmanovich, N.A. Plate, Ya.V. Kudryavtsev, E.N. Govorun. Macromolecular Reaction in Polymer Blends: Interchain Effects. Comptes rendus Chimie, Academie des Sciences, Paris, 2006, v.9, p.1345.
33. I.I. Potemkin. Snaky Conformations of Strongly Adsorbed (2D) Comblike Macromolecules. Macromolecules, 2007, v.40, p.1238.
34. O.E. Perelstein, V.A. Ivanov, Yu.S. Velichko, P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov, I.I. Potemkin. Block Copolymer Based Molecular Motor. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2007, v.28, p.977.
35. I.I. Potemkin, P. Busch, D.-M. Smilgies, D. Posselt, C.M. Papadakis. Effect of the Molecular Weight of AB Diblock Copolymers on the Lamellar Orientation in Thin Films: Theory and Experiment. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2007, v.28, p.579.
36. V.A. Ivanov, Ju.A. Martemyanova. Monte Carlo Computer Simulation of a Single Semi-Flexible Macromolecule at a Plane Surface. Macromol. Symp., 2007, v.252, p.12.
37. O.A. Guskova, E. Mena-Osteritz, E. Schillinger, P.G. Khalatur, P. Bauerle, A.R. Khokhlov. Self-Assembled Monolayers of beta-Alkylated Oligothiophenes on Graphite Substrate: Molecular Dynamics Simulation. J. Phys. Chem. C., 2007, v.111, p.7165.
38. K.I. Popov, I.I. Potemkin. Two Mechanisms of Spontaneous Curvature of Strongly Adsorbed (2D) Double Comblike Copolymers. Langmuir, 2007, v.23, p.8252.
39. E.S. Patyukova, I.I. Potemkin. Nanostructured Ultrathin Films Obtained by the Spreading of Diblock Copolymers on a Surface. Langmuir, 2007, v.23, p.12356.
40. M.O. Gallyamov, B. Tartsch, I.I. Potemkin, H.G. Boerner, K. Matyjaszewski, A.R. Khokhlov, M. Moeller. Individual bottle brush molecules in dense 2D layers restoring high degree of extension after collapse-decollapse cycle: Directly measured scaling exponent. European Physical Journal E, 2009, v.29, p.73.
41. A.K. Shaytan, K.V. Shaitan, A.R. Khokhlov. Solvent accessible surface area of amino acid residues in globular proteins: Correlation of apparent transfer free energies with experimental hydrophobicity scales. Biomacromolecules, 2009, v.10, p.1224.
42. A.V. Chertovich, D.V. Guseva, E.N. Govorun, Ya.V. Kudryavtsev, A.D. Litmanovich. Monte Carlo Simulation of the Polymer-Analogous Reaction in Polymer Blend. Polymer Science, Ser. A, 2009, v.51, p.957.
43. A.K.Shaytan, V.A.Ivanov, K.V.Shaitan, A.R.Khokhlov. Free Energy Profiles of Amino Acid Side Chain Analogs Near Water-Vapor Interface Obtained Via MD Simulations. J. Comput. Chem., 2010, v.31, p.204.
44. O.A Gus'kova, P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov, A.A. Chinarev, S.V. Tsygankova, N.V. Bovin. Surface structures of oligoglycines: A molecular dynamics simulation. Russian journal of bioorganic chemistry, 2010, v.36, p.574.
45. K.I. Popov, V.V. Palyulin, M. Mueller, A.R. Khokhlov, I.I. Potemkin. Surface Induced Self-Organization of Comb-like Macromolecules. The Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2011, v.2, p.569.