Showing 124 results for Author: Yangyang Wang
Sep, 2026
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We point out that, under the incompressibility constraint, the two-time pressure-fluctuation correlator of polymeric liquids becomes an isotropic, symmetric, and pair-index-traceless fourth-rank tensor. As a consequence, the self- and cross correlations of normal pressure fluctuations are strictly proportional to the shear pressure correlation, with universal prefactors of…
Sep, 2026
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Block copolymers containing polymeric ionic liquids (PILs) can potentially combine high ionic conductivity and mechanical robustness. However, recent work demonstrates that the ionic conductivity of a model lamellar material is significantly depressed relative to expectations based on the measured properties of a PIL homopolymer (Coote et al., ACS Polymers Au, 3, 2023). He…
Sep, 2026
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Experimental measurements are commonly represented on a discrete grid, requiring a balance between granularity and statistical noise. Two strategies have traditionally been used to improve such representations: selecting an appropriate bin width to control discretization error and applying kernel-based smoothing to suppress fluctuations. Despite their shared goal, these ap…
Sep, 2026
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In this study, we developed a photocurable hydrogel resin incorporating a polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) for 3D printing. Acrylamide-based monomers were formulated with varying PEC contents (0–15 wt %) in an aqueous KBr medium to fabricate patterned porous hydrogel structures. The morphology of printed hydrogels was characterized by field-emission scanning electron microsco…
Aug, 2026
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A non-iterative analytical framework based on the truncated Abel inversion is developed for desmearing Bonse–Hart ultra-small-angle neutron scattering (USANS) data. The method directly inverts the slit-averaged intensity without empirical extrapolation or iterative regularization, establishing a closed-form relationship between the measured and intrinsic scattering profile…
Aug, 2026
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Bonse–Hart ultra-small-angle neutron scattering (USANS) provides access to micrometre-scale structure, but useful measurements often require long counting times. In this work, we test whether the expected smoothness of the scattering profile can be exploited to improve data quality at lower counting statistics. We apply a Gaussian-process-based method to Bonse–Hart USANS d…
Aug, 2026
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Binning in small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is typically performed empirically, with fixed parameters chosen for convenience rather than statistical optimality. Such practices often fail to balance statistical precision and spatial resolution, leading to inconsistencies across instruments and datasets. Here we establish a correlation-aware framework that determines th…
Aug, 2026
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Block copolymers with strong tendency for block demixing have attracted significant attention especially for applications in microelectronics and membranes. Enabling technological advances in these areas critically depends on access to well-defined nanostructures with dimensions near or below 10 nm. Block copolymers bearing polyzwitterionic segments are a promising class o…
Jun, 2026
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Ultra-small-angle neutron scattering (USANS) enables access to micrometer-scale structures but is intrinsically affected by strong, anisotropic resolution smearing arising from slit-geometry optics. As a result, recovery of the intrinsic scattering intensity constitutes an ill-posed inverse problem, and commonly used iterative desmearing methods lack rigorous uncertainty q…
May, 2026
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Multiple scattering in small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) redistributes spectral weight and distorts structural interpretation, particularly for thick or strongly scattering samples. We develop a finite-dimensional spectral desmearing framework that corrects multiple scattering without resorting to integral transforms or model-dependent extrapolation. The primary intens…
Apr, 2026
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Polyzwitterions, composed of repeating units with equal numbers of anionic and cationic groups, have drawn considerable interest for applications ranging from antimicrobial coatings and antifouling membranes to low-friction interfaces, energy storage media, and actuators. A characteristic feature of many polyzwitterions is the anti-polyelectrolyte effect─salt-induced chain…
Apr, 2026
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Ultra-small-angle neutron scattering (USANS) using Bonse–Hart optics provides micrometer-scale structural insights but suffers from severe slit-geometry smearing. While well-established for isotropic systems, quantitative desmearing of anisotropic data remains a challenge because conventional corrections break down for non-radial scattering. We address this by developing a…