Amphiphilic cosolvents can cause both swelling and collapse of stimuli responsive polymers, but the mechanisms governing this behavior remain unclear. Here the authors use molecular dynamics simulations to explain interfacial solvation thermodynamics, rationalizing coil-to-globule transitions of thermoresponsive polymers.
- Swaminath Bharadwaj
- Divya Nayar
- Nico F. A. van der Vegt
