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arXiv 2008.09324cond-mat.soft
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压力诱导聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺线团向球转变的分子机制

Molecular insights on Poly(N-isoproylacrylamide) coil-to-globule transition induced by pressure

Letizia Tavagnacco, Ester Chiessi, Emanuela Zaccarelli

摘要:

采用全原子分子动力学模拟方法研究了聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(PNIPAM)在较宽温度和压力范围内的相图。通过利用一个简单的无规立构线性聚合物链模型,我们提供了新的见解PNIPAM线圈到球的转变解决温度和压力所发挥的作用。我们发现,线圈到球的过渡存在到大的压力,经历了一个有趣的再入行为的较低的临界溶液温度随着压力的增加与实验观察。此外,我们报告了在高压下存在一种新的球状状态,再次证实了实验结果:这是其特征在于一个更结构化的水化壳,这是更接近PNIPAM疏水域,相对于大气压对应。我们的研究结果清楚地表明,温度和压力诱导PNIPAM线圈到球的转变,通过不同的分子机制,开辟了一个系统的使用两个热力学参数来调整的过渡位置和相关的溶胀/塌陷状态的属性的方式。

英文摘要:

Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAM) phase diagram is explored in a wide range of temperature and pressure using extensive all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. By exploiting a simple model of an atactic linear polymer chain, we provide novel insights into PNIPAM coil-to-globule transition addressing the roles played by both temperature and pressure. We find that a coil-to-globule transition exists up to large pressures, undergoing an intriguing reentrant behavior of the lower critical solution temperature with increasing pressure in agreement with experimental observations. Furthermore, we report the existence of a new kind of globular state at high pressures, again confirming experimental results: this is characterized by a more structured hydration shell, that is closer to PNIPAM hydrophobic domains, with respect to the atmospheric pressure counterpart. Our results clearly show that temperature and pressure induce PNIPAM coil-to-globule transition through different molecular mechanisms, opening the way for a systematic use of both thermodynamic parameters to tune the location of the transition and the properties of the associated swollen/collapsed states.

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