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Understanding the Structure and Rheology of Galactomannan Solutions with Coarse-Grained Modeling

December 21, 2022

Heyi Liang, Michael A. Webb, Manasi Chawathe, Denis Bendejacq, Juan J. de Pablo* Macromolecules 2023, 56 (1), 177–187

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Isotropic-to-Nematic Transition in Salt-Free Polyelectrolyte Coacervates from Coarse-Grained Simulations

October 18, 2022

Boyuan Yu, Heyi Liang, Artem M. Rumyantsev, Juan J. de Pablo* Macromolecules 2022, 55 (21), 9627–9639

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Multiscale Rheology Model for Entangled Nylon 6 Melts

October 7, 2022

Heyi Liang, Kenji Yoshimoto*, Masahiro Kitabata, Umi Yamamoto, Juan J. de Pablo* J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 3071–3084

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In Silico Active Learning for Small Molecule Properties

September 2, 2022

Ludwig Schneider#, Marcus Schwarting#, Joshua Mysona, Heyi Liang, Ming Han, Phillip M. Rauscher, Jeffrey M. Ting, Shruti Venkatram, Richard B. Ross, K. J. Schmidt, Ben Blaiszik, Ian Foster, Juan J. de Pablo* Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 2022, 7 (12), 1611–1621

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Bottom-Up Multiscale Approach to Estimate Viscoelastic Properties of Entangled Polymer Melts with High Glass Transition Temperature

April 5, 2022

Heyi Liang#, Kenji Yoshimoto*#, Phwey Gil#, Masahiro Kitabata, Umi Yamamoto, Juan J. de Pablo* Macromolecules 2022, 55 (8), 3159–3165

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Theory and Simulations of Hybrid Networks

August 6, 2021

Michael Jacobs, Heyi Liang, Andrey V. Dobrynin* Macromolecules 2021, 54 (16), 7337–7346

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Complex Coacervation of Statistical Polyelectrolytes: Role of Monomer Sequences and Formation of Inhomogeneous Coacervates

July 28, 2021

Boyuan Yu, Artem M. Rumyantsev, Nicholas E. Jackson, Heyi Liang, Jeffrey M. Ting, Siqi Meng, Matthew V. Tirrell, Juan J. de Pablo* Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 2021, 6 (10), 790–804

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Charged Polymers: From Polyelectrolyte Solutions to Polyelectrolyte Complexes

July 22, 2021

Ryan Sayko, Yuan Tian, Heyi Liang, Andrey V. Dobrynin* Macromolecules 2021, 54 (15), 7183–7192

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Bottlebrushes and Combs with Bimodal Distribution of the Side Chains: Diagram of States and Scattering Function

February 8, 2021

Haley Starvaggi, Yuan Tian, Heyi Liang, Andrey V. Dobrynin* Macromolecules 2021, 54 (4), 1818–1828

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