Polymers with Associating Groups (experiment + theory + computer experiment)
Structure and properties of aggregates, multiplets and clusters. Superstructures formed by aggregates in the solutions and melts, formation of thermoreversible gels. Associating polyelectrolytes. Problem of microgel formation. Dynamic and rheological properties of associating polymers; linear and nonlinear viscosity, thickening effect. Influence of colloidal particles, additives of selective solvents. Proton-conducting ionomer membranes.Representative publications in 1992-2012:
1. A.N. Semenov, I.A. Nyrkova, A.R. Khokhlov. Polymers with Strongly Interacting Groups: Theory for Non-Spherical Multiplets. Macromolecules, 1995, v.28, p.7491.
2. A.N. Semenov, J.-F. Joanny, A.R. Khokhlov. Associating Polymers: Equilibrium and Linear Viscoelasticity. Macromolecules, 1995, v.28, p.1066.
3. I.Ya. Erukhimovich. Statistical Theory of the Sol-Gel Transition in Weak Gels. JETP, 1995, v.81, p.553.
4. A.N. Semenov, I.A. Nyrkova, A.R. Khokhlov. Statistics and Dynamics of Ionomer Systems. In: Ionomers: Characterization, Theory and Applications, S.Schlick, Ed., CRC Press, 1996, p.251.
5. P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov, I.A. Nyrkova, A.N. Semenov. Aggregation Processes in Self-Associating Polymer Systems: Computer Simulation Study of Micelles in the Superstrong Segregation Regime. Macromol. Theory Simul., 1996, v.5, p.713.
6. P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov, I.A. Nyrkova, A.N. Semenov. Aggregation Processes in Self-Associating Polymer Systems: a Comparative Analysis of Theoretical and Computer Simulation Data for Micelles in the Superstrong Segregation Regime. Macromol. Theory Simul., 1996, v.5, p.749.
7. P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov. Computer Simulation of Solutions of Telechelic Polymers with Associating End-Groups. Macromol. Theory Simul., 1996, v.5, p.877.
8. A.R. Khokhlov, E.E. Dormidontova. Self-Organization in Ion-Containing Polymer Systems. Usp. Fiz. Nauk, 1997, v.167, p.113.
9. P.G. Khalatur, L.V. Men'shikova, A.R. Khokhlov. Computer Simulation of Irreversible Gelation of Polymers with Stickers. Macromol. Theory Simul., 1997, v.6, p.317.
10. P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov, D.A. Mologin, E.A. Zheligovskaya. Computer Simulation Studies of Aggregates of Associating Polymers: Influence of Low-Molecular-Weight Additives Solubilizing the Aggregates. Macromol. Theory Simul., 1998, v.7, p.299.
11. L.V. Zherenkova, D.A. Mologin, P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov. Interaction Between Small Colloidal Particles and Polymer Chains in a Semidilute Solution: Monte Carlo Simulation. Colloid. Polym. Sci., 1998, v.276, p.753.
12. P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov, D.A. Mologin. Simulation of Self-Associating Polymer Systems. I. Shear-Induced Structural Changes. J. Chem. Phys., 1998, v.109, p.9602.
13. P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov, D.A. Mologin. Simulation of Self-Associating Polymer Systems. II. Rheological Properties. J. Chem. Phys., 1998, v.109, p.9614.
14. M. Rubinstein, A.N. Semenov. Thermoreversible Gelation in Solutions of Associating Polymers: 2. Linear Dynamics. Macromolecules, 1998, v.31, p.1386.
15. P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov, J.N. Kovalenko, D.A. Mologin. Molecular Dynamics Study of the Solution of Semiflexible Telechelic Polymer Chains with Strongly Associating End Groups. J. Chem. Phys., 1999, v.110, p.6039.
16. A.V. Ermoshkin, I.Ya. Erukhimovich. Towards a Statistical Theory of Associating Telechelics: Equilibrium Molecular Structural Distribution and One-Cluster Static Scattering. J. Chem. Phys., 1999, v.110, p.1781.
17. Yu.S. Velichko, V.V. Vasilevskaya, P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov. Association of Diphilic Chains Near the Solvent Critical Region. J. Chem. Phys., 1999, v.111, p.2340.
18. V.V. Vasilevskaya, I.I. Potemkin, A.R. Khokhlov. Swelling and Collapse of Physical Gels Formed by Associating Telechelic Polyelectrolytes. Langmuir, 1999, v.15, p.7918.
19. I.I. Potemkin, V.V. Vasilevskaya, A.R. Khokhlov. Associating Polyelectrolytes: Finite Size Cluster Stabilization versus Physical Gel Formation. J. Chem. Phys., 1999, v.111, p.2809.
20. P.G. Khalatur, J.N. Kovalenko, A.R. Khokhlov. Interaction between Small Colloidal Particles and Molecular Chains with Selectively Adsorbing Groups: Computer Simulation Study. Macromol. Theory Simul., 1999, v.8, p.309.
21. D.G. Shirvanyanz, A.S. Pavlov, P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov. Self-Organization of Comblike Copolymers with End-Functionalized Side Chains: A Cellular-Automaton-Based Simulation. J. Chem. Phys., 2000, v.112, p.11069.
22. I.I. Potemkin, K.B. Zeldovich, A.R. Khokhlov. Statistical Physics of Associating Polyelectrolyte Solution. Polymer Science, Ser. C, 2000, v.42, p.154.
23. V.G. Babak, E.A. Skotnikova, I.G. Lukina, S. Pelletier, P. Hubert, E. Dellacherie. Hydrophobically-associating alginate derivatives : surface tension properties of their aqueous solutions with oppositely-charged surfactants. J.Colloid Interface Sci., 2000, v.225, p.505.
24. V.G. Babak, E.A. Merkovich, L.S. Galbraikh, E.V. Shtykova, M. Rinaudo. Kinetics of Diffusionally Induced Gelation and Ordered Nanostructure Formation in Surfactant-Polyelectrolyte Complexes Formed at Water/Water Emulsion Type Interfaces. Mendeleev Communications, 2000, v.3, p.94.
25. I.I. Potemkin, S.A. Andreenko, A.R. Khokhlov. Normal and Anomalous Reversible Gelation. J. Chem. Phys., 2001, v.115, p.4862.
26. A. Kudlay, I. Erukhimovich. Phase Behavior of Solutions of Polymers with Multiply Aggregating Groups. Macromol. Theory Simul., 2001, v.10, p.542.
27. I.I. Potemkin, A.R. Khokhlov. Reversible (Physical) Gelation in the Solutions of Associating Polyelectrolytes. In: Polymer Gels and Networks, Eds. Y. Osada, A.R. Khokhlov. N.Y.: Marcel Dekker Inc. 2001, pp. 47-65.
28. I. Erukhimovich, A.V. Ermoshkin. Phase Diagrams Classification of Thermoreversibly Associating Systems with Due Regard for Mesoscopic Cyclization. J. Chem. Phys., 2002, v.116, p.368.
29. P.G. Khalatur, S.K. Talitskikh, A.R. Khokhlov. Structural Organisation of Water-Containing Nafion: The Integral Equation Theory. Macromol. Theory Simul., 2002, v.11, p.566.
30. D.A. Mologin, P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov. Structural Organisation of Water-Containing Nafion: A Cellular-Automaton-Based Simulation. Macromol. Theory Simul., 2002, v.11, p.587.
31. I.V. Blagodatskikh, M.V. Sutkevich, N.L. Sitnikova, N.A. Churochkina, T.A. Pryakhina, O.E. Philippova, A.R. Khokhlov. Molecular Mass Characterization of Polymers with Strongly Interacting Groups Using Gel Permeation Chromatography - Light Scattering Detection. J. Chromatography A, 2002, v.976, p.155.
32. I.M. Okhapkin, I.R. Nasimova, E.E. Makhaeva, A.R. Khokhlov. Effect of Complexation of Monomer Units on pH- and Temperature-Sensitive Properties of Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam-co-methacrylic acid). Macromolecules, 2003, v.36, p.8130.
33. R.E. Limberger, I.I. Potemkin, A.R. Khokhlov. Microphase Separation in Solutions of Associating Polyelectrolytes: Strong Segregation Approximation. J. Chem. Phys., 2003, v.119, p.12023.
34. M.V. Thamm, I.Ya. Erukhimovich. Phase Diagrams Classification of the Systems with Thermoreversible Alternating Association (the Flory Approach). J. Chem. Phys, 2003, v.119, p.2720.
35. D.A. Mologin, P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov. Molecular Simulations of Nafion Membranes in the Presence of Polar Solvents. In: Novel Approaches to the Structure and Dynamics of Liquids: Experiments, Theories and Simulations, Eds. J. Samios and V.A. Durov, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2004. p. 397.
36. Yu.D. Zaroslov, G. Fytas, M. Pitsikalis, N. Hadjichristidis, O.E. Philippova, A.R. Khokhlov. Clusters of Optimum Size Formed by Hydrophobically Associating Polyelectrolyte in Homogeneous Solutions and in Supernatant Phase in Equilibrium with Macroscopic Physical Gel. Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2005, v.206, p.173.
37. J.A. Shashkina, O.E. Philippova, Yu.D. Zaroslov, A.R. Khokhlov, T.A. Priakhina, I.V. Blagodatskikh. Rheology of Viscoelastic Solutions of Cationic Surfactant. Effect of Added Associating Polymer. Langmuir, 2005, v.21, p.1524.
38. A. Balabanyan, E. Kramarenko, I. Ronova, A. Khokhlov. Monte Carlo Study of Structure and Kinetics of Formation of End-linked Polymer Networks. Polymer, 2005, v.46, p.4248.
39. D.Y. Galperin, A.R. Khokhlov. Mesoscopic Morphology of Proton-Conducting Polyelectrolyte Membranes of Nafion Type: A Self-Consistent Mean Field Simulation. Macromol. Theory Simul., 2006, v.15, p.137.
40. D. Galperin, P.G. Khalatur, A.R. Khokhlov. Morphology of nafion membranes: Microscopic and mesoscopic modeling. Topics in Applied Physics, 2009, v.113, p.453.