de Pablo Group

Brandon Peters

  • Graduate Student

  • Contact: petersb@uchicago.edu
    773.834.2912
  • Office Location:
    Searle Laboratory 105
    5735 South Ellis Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60637

Brandon received his BS degree in chemical engineering from Iowa State University in 2009 and his MS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in 20 ??.

Brandon performs Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations of polymers. His focus is on the free energy of defects, the dynamics and kinetics of defect formation, and non-equilibrium simulations. More specifically, he is working on graphoeptiaxial simulations of block copolymers with a focus on hole shrink experiments.

A detailed examination of the topological constraints of lamellae-forming block copolymers

Ramírez-Hernández, Abelardo, et al. "A detailed examination of the topological constraints of lamellae-forming block copolymers." Macromolecules 51.5 (2018): 2110-2124.

A multi-chain polymer slip-spring model with fluctuating number of entanglements: Density fluctuations, confinement, and phase separation

Ramírez-Hernández, Abelardo, et al. "A multi-chain polymer slip-spring model with fluctuating number of entanglements: Density fluctuations, confinement, and phase separation." The Journal of chemical physics 146.1 (2017): 014903.

A multichain polymer slip-spring model with fluctuating number of entanglements for linear and nonlinear rheology

Ramírez-Hernández, Abelardo, et al. "A multichain polymer slip-spring model with fluctuating number of entanglements for linear and nonlinear rheology." The Journal of chemical physics 143.24 (2015): 243147.

Graphoepitaxial assembly of cylinder forming block copolymers in cylindrical holes

Peters, Brandon L., et al. "Graphoepitaxial assembly of cylinder forming block copolymers in cylindrical holes." Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 53.6 (2015): 430-441.

Dynamical Simulations of Coarse Grain Polymeric Systems: Rouse and Entangled Dynamics

Ramirez-Hernandez, Abelardo, et al. "Dynamical simulations of coarse grain polymeric systems: Rouse and entangled dynamics." Macromolecules 46.15 (2013): 6287-6299.