TY - GEN
T1 - Dissipative particle dynamics studies on the self-assembling dynamics of the peptide amphiphiles
AU - Seki, Taiga
AU - Arai, Noriyoshi
AU - Ozawa, Taku
AU - Shimada, Tomoko
AU - Yasuoka, Kenji
AU - Hotta, Atsushi
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A coarse-grained model of peptide amphiphiles (PA) dissolved in aqueous solution was presented, where the effects of PA concentration, temperature and shear stress upon the selfassembly of PA were numerically studied by dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulation. We technically investigate the repulsion parameter ahw which indicates the repulsion force between the hydrophilic head of PA and water molecules, hence, at the same time, indicating the change in temperature. It was found that ahw played an important role in the self-assembly dynamics and in the resulting micro-structures of PA. By imposing shear strain on the simulation system, the formation of wormlike PA micelles was accelerated. The simulation results were in good agreement with our previous experimental results and the mechanism of shear-induced transition was proposed.
AB - A coarse-grained model of peptide amphiphiles (PA) dissolved in aqueous solution was presented, where the effects of PA concentration, temperature and shear stress upon the selfassembly of PA were numerically studied by dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulation. We technically investigate the repulsion parameter ahw which indicates the repulsion force between the hydrophilic head of PA and water molecules, hence, at the same time, indicating the change in temperature. It was found that ahw played an important role in the self-assembly dynamics and in the resulting micro-structures of PA. By imposing shear strain on the simulation system, the formation of wormlike PA micelles was accelerated. The simulation results were in good agreement with our previous experimental results and the mechanism of shear-induced transition was proposed.
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U2 - 10.1557/proc-1135-cc06-02
DO - 10.1557/proc-1135-cc06-02
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950535468
SN - 9781615677689
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 143
EP - 149
BT - Design, Fabrication, and Self Assembly of "Patchy" and Anisometric Particles
PB - Materials Research Society
T2 - 2008 MRS Fall Meeting
Y2 - 1 December 2008 through 5 December 2008
ER -