Michael Rubinstein's Polymer Research Group

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • Dr, Michael Rubinstein won 2010 Polymer Physics Prize!
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Research

Statistical Thermodynamics

  • Asymmetric composites
  • Universality of polymer size in various solvents
  • Block polyampholytes
  • Functionalized nanoparticles
  • Tension amplification in a branched macromolecule
  • Free energy of polymer conformations

Kinetics

  • Anomalous diffusion controlled reaction
  • Kinetics of self-healing

Dynamics

  • Semiflexible polymers in dilute solution
  • Translocation of a polymer through a small pore
  • Entanglements in melts solutions
  • Tube models (anomalous tube length fluctuations)
  • Polymer concentration dependence of tube diameter
  • Dynamics of entangled rings

Nanorheology

  • Inter-diffusion of polymers
  • Motion of a particle through polymer gels

Networks

  • Reversible networks
  • Distribution of loops in networks
  • Nonlinear elasticity and swelling of entangled gels

Polymers at Surface

  • Adsorption of highly branched polymers
  • Architecture-induced mixing of polymer blends at surfaces
  • Polymer diffusion on a surface

Biopolymers

  • Phenomenological model of airway surface layer (ASL)
  • Grafted polymers (neutral polymers and polyelectrolytes)
  • Mucus-PCL interaction
  • Mucus layer height regulation
  • Flow of microgels through microchannels

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