Tunnel effect is a possible mechanism to explain the apparent large electric conductivity and nonlinear electric behavior of graphene-reinforced nanocomposites with polymer matrix. In this work, a numerical modeling framework is proposed to evaluate the effective electric conductivity in polymer composites reinforced with graphene sheets, taking into account the electrical tunneling effect, whi...

This article tackles the problem of identification elastic continuum model by atomistic simulations for graphene polymer nanocomposite. The Atomistic Local IdentificAtion Stiffness method, so-called ALIAS is developed to estimate local stiffness tensor at all points laminate Results suggest that can be modeled scale a general imperfect interface with zero thickness. Moreover, procedure reveals ...

INTRODUCTION Although the exact physical and chemical mechanisms are not clearly understood, it is widely believed that an interphase region with properties that differ from those of the plain matrix is developed near fiber surfaces in polymer matrix composites. The current study involves experimental investigation and theoretical modeling of the influence of the interphase on local thermal dis...

Intercellular bridges are a conserved feature of multicellular organisms. In multicellular fungi, cells are connected directly via intercellular bridges called septal pores. Using Aspergillus nidulans, we demonstrate for the first time that septal pores are regulated to be opened during interphase but closed during mitosis. Septal pore-associated proteins display dynamic cell cycle-regulated lo...

3D printing , in particular the Polyjet technology, has been widely employed for production of complex heterogeneous composites such as co-continuous architectures (the so-called Interpenetrating Phase Composites, IPCs). It is a manufacturing method which discrete photopolymer droplets different materials can be deposited on build tray and cured by UV light lamp. Previous research already demon...

How the same DNA sequences can function in the three-dimensional architecture of interphase nucleus, fold in the very compact structure of metaphase chromosomes, and go precisely back to the original interphase architecture in the following cell cycle remains an unresolved question to this day. The solution to this question presented here rests on the correlations that were found to hold betwee...

Mixing rules stipulating both concentration and distribution of proteins adsorbed to the liquid-vapor (LV) interphase from multicomponent aqueous solutions are derived from a relatively straightforward protein-adsorption model. Accordingly, proteins compete for space within an interphase separating bulk-vapor and bulk-solution phases on a weight, not molar, concentration basis. This results in ...

Polymer models tied together by constraints of looping and confinement have been used to explain many of the observed organizational characteristics of interphase chromosomes. Here we introduce a simple lattice animal representation of interphase chromosomes that combines the features of looping and confinement constraints into a single framework. We show through Monte Carlo simulations that th...