2015-05-08
10:30 at HCI J 574

Block-copolymers at interfaces: results and perspectives

Ahmad Moghimi Kheirabadi

School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Firstly, I will briefly discuss about projects which I have done in my career including non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation (NEMD), coarse graining molecular dynamics (CGMD), direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) and CFD simulation in the field of condensed matter. In the second part of my talk, I will present a literature review on numerical modeling and experimental analysis of block-copolymers. Brownian dynamics, dissipative particle dynamics and other methods for microscale modeling and CGMD and MC methods for molecular modeling of block-copolymers will be reviewed. Also in this part, different methods of experimental analysis of polymers such as AFM, SEM, X-ray and Neutron reflectivity will be discussed. Finally I will present my ideas about block-copolymers at interfaces and both computational and experimental issues will be examined. We can use MD-MC simulation in the molecular level to predict the amphiphilic block-copolymer behaviors. Also we can use various types of microscopy and also reflectivity measurements to determine rheological properties and structures of block-copolymers at interfaces.