Kuksenok Research Group Recent News

Amir Suhail presented his work (talk and Sci-Mix poster) at the ACS Fall Meeting, Denver, CO.
This is our collaborative work with Dr. Tang group within the NSF Center for Polymers for a Circular Economy (PCE)

Congratulations to all the authors on our recent publication : Arefin M Anik, Vaibhav Palkar, Igor Luzinov, Olga Kuksenok “Mesoscale modeling of random chain scission in polyethylene melts ” . Journal of Physics: Materials (2024, DOI 10.1088/2515-7639/ad5c06).

Clemson Sustainability Symposium, 27 Jun 2024
Poster session during the first Clemson Sustainability Symposium organized by the Graduate Students Government’s Sustainability Committee. Congratulations to the committee members involved with an excellent symposium organization, and special thanks to Cassie Simpson, director of Sustainability committee. As a part of the sustainability effort, the posters were displayed digitally. Congratulations to Anik on 3rd place in poster competition!

NSF Center for Polymers for a Circular Economy (PCE) actively participated in the Symposium.

Many thanks to Prof. Matt Kanan (Stanford) for his most informative and inspiring plenary lecture.

iMAGINE Upstate STEAM Festival, Greenville, SC.
Exhibitor booth of NSF Center for Polymers for a Circular Economy (PCE)

Cassie, Rupali, Anik and Mira all presented their work at MSE MRS and Optica Poster Competition.
Congratulations to Cassie on winning 3rd place in competition!

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APS MARCH MEETING 2024, Minneapolis, MN

Our presentations (talks and posters) at the APS March Meeting 2024
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Welcome to our group Dr. Amir Suhail!

We are excited to be a part of the new NSF Center for Polymers for a Circular Economy (PCE) led by the University of South Carolina.

Congratulations to Arefin Mustafa Anik on presenting a lighting talk at LAMMPS Virtual Workshop and Symposium 2023.

The recording will be available at: https://www.lammps.org/workshops/Aug21/ .

Currently the recording of the live stream of this workshop is available on youtube live stream

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Congratulations to all the authors on our recent publication : Erik LS Antonio, Arefin M Anik, Olga Kuksenok, Igor Luzinov, "“Enhancement of Polypropylene 3D-Printed Structures via the Addition of SiC Whiskers and Microwave Irradiation” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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Congratulations to Arefin Mustafa Anik on presenting his research in the Fall ACS 2023 meeting

Congratulations Dr. Vaibhav Palkar! Wishing you success in your future endeavors!

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Congratulations to Vaibhav Palkar on presenting his research in ACS 2023 Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium

Congratulations to Cassie Simpson on presenting her research in MRS Clemson Chapter (image below) and in virtual Spring ACS 2023 meeting

Congratulations to Vaibhav Palkar on presenting his research as a finalist in Padden Award Symposium at APS March 2023

February 2023

Congratulations to Vaibhav Palkar and Devanshu Thakar on their recent publication: Vaibhav Palkar, Devanshu Thakar, Olga Kuksenok " Nanogel Degradation at Soft Interfaces and in Bulk: Tracking Shape Changes and Interfacial Spreading", Macromolecules 56 (4),1289-1302, (2023)

December 2022

Congratulations to Yao Xiong on his recent publication: Yao Xiong, Olga Kuksenok " Photocontrol of pattern formation and hysteresis loops in polymer gels with host-guest interactions", iScience 25 (12),105606

Congratulations to Vaibhav Palkar: images of controlled degradation of hydrogels are now available on LAMMPS picture gallery: https://lammps.org/pictures.html#hydrodegrade

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Congratulations to Yao Xiong and all the coauthors on our recent publication: Yao Xiong, Chandan K Choudhury, Vaibhav Palkar, Raleigh Wunderlich, Rajendra K Bordia, and Olga Kuksenok "Mesoscale Modeling of Phase Separation Controlled by Hydrosilylation in Polyhydromethylsiloxane (PHMS)-Containing Blends", Nanomaterials 12 (18), 3117 (2022)

Congratulations to Vaibhav Palkar: his code "pair style srp/react" is now included in LAMMPS .
Vaibhav's name is also listed among the authors who contributed new code or command to LAMMPS : https://www.lammps.org/authors.html

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Congratulations Dr. Sidong Tu and Dr. Yao Xiong! Wishing you both success in your future endeavors

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Congratulations to Sidong, Chandan, and Michaela on our recent publication:

S Tu, CK Choudhury, M Giltner, I Luzinov, O Kuksenok "Mesoscale Modeling of Agglomeration of Molecular Bottlebrushes: Focus on Conformations and Clustering Criteria", Polymers 14 (12), 2339 (2022)

Sidong Tu had been awarded Kentwool Educational Fellowship. Congratulations Sidong!

Yao Xiong had been awarded David Jennings Memorial Fund Fellowship. Congratulations Yao!

Vaibhav Palkar had been awarded Bishop Annual Fellowship in Materials Science. Congratulations Vaibhav!

Congratulations to Vaibhav Palkar on his recent publication:
V. Palkar, O. Kuksenok "Controlling Degradation and Erosion of Polymer Networks: Insights from Mesoscale Modeling",
J. Phys. Chem. B 126, 1, 336–346 (2022)

Three group members presented their work at at LAMMPS Virtual Workshop and Symposium 2021:
Devanshu Thakar (lighting talk), Vaibhav Palkar (contributed talk), and Chandan Choudhury (lighting talk).

All three recorded talks are available at https://www.lammps.org/workshops/Aug21/

Raleigh Wunderlich, Janelle Arnold, and Usmaan Al-Shehab are presenting their work at 8th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

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Congratulations to all co-authors on our recent collaborative publication: X. Wang, J. Bowman, S. Tu, D. Nykypanchuk, O. Kuksenok, and S. Minko "Polyethylene Glycol Crowder’s Effect on Enzyme Aggregation, Thermal Stability, and Residual Catalytic Activity", Langmuir (2021)

Dr Olga Kuksenok is now an Editorial Board Member of Communications Physics (Nature Research Group)

Welcome to the undergraduate students joining our lab in Summer 2021:

Left to right: Raleigh Wunderlich and Janelle Arnold (Advanced Material Sciences REU), Usmaan Al-Shehab (Biophysics REU), Devanshu Thakar (Internship IIT Gandhinagar)

Congratulations to Eric Miller on winning the Third Place Poster Award at the Undergraduate Research in Polymer Science Symposium at the 2021 Spring National American Chemical Society meeting: https://www.polyacs.net/2021undergradpolyresearch The award is sponsored by the POLY/PMSE MACRO committee.

Poster: Miller, E., Palkar, V., Kuksenok, O., Mesoscale modeling of nanogel degradation: effect of crosslink density and particle size

Congratulations to Yao Xiong on his recent publication:

Xiong, Y., Kuksenok, O. "Mechanical Adaptability of Patterns in Constrained Hydrogel Membranes", Langmuir (2021)

Congratulations to Eric Miller on winning Best Poster Award at 2020 Fall MRS Meeting

Poster: Miller, E., Palkar, V., Kuksenok, O., Mesoscale Modeling of Controlled Erosion of Tetra-Arm Polyethylene Glycol Based Nanogels 2020 Virtual MRS Meeting.

Congratulations to Chandan Choudhury on his recent publication:

Choudhury, C. K., Kuksenok, O. "Native-Based Dissipative Particle Dynamics Approach for α-Helical Folding", Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2020)

Congratulations to Vaibhav Palkar on winning Jasani Family Textile Scholarship!

Virtual group meetings. Welcome Eric Miller!

MRS Fall 2019

Hiking trip with Prof. Pratyush Dayal form IIT Gandhinagar

Congratulations to Vaibhav Palkar for winning the best poster award (1st place) at the sixth LAMMPS Workshop and Symposium organized by LAMMPS development team at Sandia Labs in Albuquerque, NM (Aug 2019).