2019

Cao, J., Wang, Z. and Likhtman, A. E. (2019) Determining tube theory parameters by slip-spring model simulations of entangled star polymers in fixed networks. Polymers, 11 (3). 496. ISSN 2073-4360 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11030496

2018

Read, D. J., Shivokhin, M. E. and Likhtman, A. E. (2018) Contour length fluctuations and constraint release in entangled polymers: slip-spring simulations and their implications for binary blend rheology. Journal of Rheology, 62 (4). pp. 1017-1036. ISSN 1520-8516 doi: https://doi.org/10.1122/1.5031072

2017

Zhu, J., Likhtman, A. E. and Wang, Z. (2017) Arm retraction dynamics of entangled star polymers: a forward-flux sampling method study. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 147 (4). 044907. ISSN 0021-9606 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4995422

Shivokhin, M. E., Read, D. J., Kouloumasis, D., Kocen, R., Zhuge, F., Bailly, C., Hadjichristidis, N. and Likhtman, A. E. (2017) Understanding effect of constraint release environment on end-to-end vector relaxation of linear polymer chains. Macromolecules, 50 (11). pp. 4501-4523. ISSN 0024-9297 doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01947

2016

Amin, D., Likhtman, A. E. and Wang, Z. (2016) Dynamics in supramolecular polymer networks formed by associating telechelic chains. Macromolecules, 49 (19). pp. 7510-7524. ISSN 0024-9297 doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00561

Lukyanov, A. V. and Likhtman, A. E. (2016) Dynamic contact angle at nano-scale: a unified view. ACS Nano, 10 (6). pp. 6045-6053. ISSN 1936-086X doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b01630

2015

Cao, J., Zhu, J., Wang, Z. and Likhtman, A. E. (2015) Large deviations of Rouse polymer chain: first passage problem. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 143 (20). 204105. ISSN 0021-9606 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936130

Cao, J. and Likhtman, A. E. (2015) Simulating startup shear of entangled polymer melts. ACS Macro Letters, 4 (12). pp. 1376-1381. ISSN 2161-1653 doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00708

2013

Lukyanov, A. and Likhtman, A. (2013) Relaxation of surface tension in the liquid-solid interfaces of Lennard-Jones liquids. Langmuir, 29 (46). pp. 13996-14000. ISSN 0743-7463 doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/la403421b

Likhtman, A., Talib, M., Vorselaars, B. and Ramirez, J. (2013) Determination of tube theory parameters using a simple grid model as an example. Macromolecules, 46 (3). pp. 1187-1200. ISSN 0024-9297 doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/ma302103p

Lukyanov, A. V. and Likhtman, A. E. (2013) Relaxation of surface tension in the free-surface boundary layers of simple Lennard-Jones liquids. Journal of Chemical Physics, 138 (3). 034712. ISSN 0021-9606 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4774690

2012

Wang, Z., Likhtman, A. and Larson, R. G. (2012) Segmental dynamics in entangled linear polymer melts. Macromolecules, 45 (8). pp. 3557-3570. ISSN 0024-9297 doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/ma202759v

Cao, J. and Likhtman, A. E. (2012) Shear banding in molecular dynamics of polymer melts. Physical Review Letters, 108 (2). 028302. ISSN 0031-9007 doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.028302

Likhtman, A. E. (2012) Viscoelasticity and molecular rheology. In: Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference. Elsevier B.V., pp. 133-179. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53349-4.00008-X (Vol 1: Basic Concepts and Polymer Properties)

2010

Likhtman, A. E. and Sukumaran, S. K. (2010) Comment on “Entangled Polymer Melts: Relation between Plateau Modulus and Stress Autocorrelation Function”. Macromolecules, 43 (8). pp. 3980-3983. ISSN 0024-9297 doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/ma9027849

Ramírez, J., Sukumaran, S. K., Vorselaars, B. and Likhtman, A. E. (2010) Efficient on the fly calculation of time correlation functions in computer simulations. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 133 (15). 154103. ISSN 0021-9606 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491098

Cao, J. and Likhtman, A. E. (2010) Time-dependent orientation coupling in equilibrium polymer melts. Physical Review Letters, 104 (20). 207801. ISSN 0031-9007 doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.207801

2009

Sukumaran, S. K. and Likhtman, A. (2009) Modeling entangled dynamics: comparison between stochastic single-chain and multichain models. Macromolecules, 42 (12). pp. 4300-4309. ISSN 0024-9297 doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/ma802059p

Likhtman, A. E. (2009) Whither tube theory: From believing to measuring. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 157 (3). pp. 158-161. ISSN 0377-0257 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.11.008

Matsen, M. W., Kim, J. U. and Likhtman, A. E. (2009) Finite- N effects for ideal polymer chains near a flat impenetrable wall. European Physical Journal E, 29 (1). pp. 107-115. ISSN 1292-8941 doi: https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2009-10454-2

2008

Read, D. J., Jagannathan, K. and Likhtman, A. (2008) Entangled polymers: constraint release, mean paths, and tube bending energy. Macromolecules, 41 (18). pp. 6843-6853. ISSN 0024-9297 doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/ma8009855

Auhl, D., Ramirez, J., Likhtman, A.E., Chambon, P. and Fernyhough, C. (2008) Linear and nonlinear shear flow behavior of monodisperse polyisoprene melts with a large range of molecular weights. Journal of Rheology, 52 (3). pp. 801-835. ISSN 0148-6055 doi: https://doi.org/10.1122/1.2890780

2007

Ramirez, J., Likhtman, A. E. and Sukumaran, S. K. (2007) Significance of cross correlations in the stress relaxation of polymer melts. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 126. 244904. ISSN 0021-9606 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2746867

Ramirez, J., Sukumaran, S. K. and Likhtman, A. E. (2007) Hierarchical modeling of entangled polymers. Macromolecular Symposia, 252 (1). pp. 119-129. ISSN 1022-1360 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/masy.200750612

Likhtman, A. E., Sukumaran, S. K. and Ramirez, J. (2007) Linear viscoelasticity from molecular dynamics simulation of entangled polymers. Macromolecules, 40 (18). pp. 6748-6757. ISSN 0024-9297 doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/ma070843b