Nanoreptation: a study by molecular dynamics

• Grant number: 17/05814-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2017
• End date: July 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Douglas Soares Galvão
• Grantee: Juan Gansauskas Galvez
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/08293-7 - CCES - Center for Computational Engineering and Sciences, AP.CEPID

Abstract

In this project we intend to investigate, through molecular dynamics techniques, the reptation phenomena at nanoscale. Reptation is related to polymeric diffusion that resemble reptile movements, thus its name. In particular, we will investigate the polymeric diffusion at different geometries with a distribution of ordered and disordered obstacles and to verify whether the general trends are the same at macroscale. (AU)