Simone Simon Napolitano

Italian&Belgian Polymer Physicist, Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (egli, lui, his)

[Physical Review Letters @PhysRevLett]

A method based on thermodynamic analysis of material properties is able to predict slow Arrhenius process (SAP) relaxation rates and SAP-driven equilibration rates in glassy systems without inputing any prior data on the SAP https://t.co/3rapssis4k

[The Journal of Physical Chemistry @JPhysChem]

By investigating the impact of processing on polymers, Thoms and coworkers show that the slow Arrhenius process (SAP), a recently discovered relaxation mechanism, is a probe of the degree of the mechanical stress experienced by materials. @polymerBXL
https://t.co/eMAEgnTAgv

[Simone Simon Napolitano @PolymerBXL]

In a recent paper on @PCCP, Federico Caporaletti, a postdoctoral researcher @frsFNRS working at EST @ULBSciences, shows that also small molecules can relax via the slow Arrhenius process (SAP). Read more about his work on @ChemistryWorld

[Chemistry World @ChemistryWorld]

A relaxation mechanism first observed in liquid polymers is a universal feature of liquid and glassy materials, according to new evidence from researchers in Belgium.
https://t.co/gVmUH5WV1P

[Felix Rico @felix_rico]

Closing lecture of the #afmbiomedschool by Patricia Losada on supported lipid bilayers as a model system to understand equilibrium and non equilibrium processes, phase separation and even cicadas sweating @FM4B_Lab

[Faculté des Sciences @ULBSciences]

Publication dans #ScienceAdvances Lentement mais sûrement, on gagne la course : l’histoire du lièvre à mobilité structurelle et de la tortue SAP https://t.co/9zL8BnDkAl

[Simone Simon Napolitano @PolymerBXL]

Slow and steady wins the race!
Read our latest paper on @ScienceAdvances on the discovery of a slow molecular process responsible for the equilibration of liquids an glasses
https://t.co/IwfO2EBkb6

[Dimitri Lorenzani @DimLorenzani]

Attendiamo con impazienza il nome del/la nuovo/a #PdR
Ma un MONITO: che questo voto NON distolga il popolo da #Sanremo

[Daniele Cangialosi @DCangialosi]

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 118004 (2021) - Reaching the Ideal Glass in Polymer Spheres: Thermodynamics and Vibrational Density of States https://t.co/sPLm9W32wC

[DIPC @DIPCehu]

Check out our post this week in @MapIgnorance about a work published in @NatureComms by X. Monnier from #DIPC, @PolymerBXL from @ULBruxelles and #DIPC associate @DCangialosi from @CFMdonostia

Here the original paper: https://t.co/aYU3b5NmLl

[Simone Simon Napolitano @PolymerBXL]

@ccc18ster @NianticHelp hopefully they will solve it!

[Simone Simon Napolitano @PolymerBXL]

@ccc18ster @NianticHelp Same exact problem! Have you bought a ticket for the special event last summer? I think it's a bug due to that

[Faculté des Sciences @ULBSciences]

Two postdoctoral positions AFM and Soft Matter Physics https://t.co/gw46JO4Zpc

[ULB ComRecherche @ULBRecherche]

Simone Napolitano @PolymerBXL est parvenu à accéder à la transition de phase adsorption-désorption de longues chaînes polymères. « Une avancée incroyable », selon un expert en physique des polymères. Une publication @NatureComms https://t.co/svi6G8OnnH

[Simone Simon Napolitano @PolymerBXL]

Read our latest paper in collaboration with @DCangialosi on the experimental observation of desorption of a polymer melt. We are really excited by the first clear observation of this phase transition! @ULBSciences https://t.co/fgojoGSQYN

[Eleonora Leucci @LeucciLRCB]

We are looking for one/two highly motivated Postdocs to join the lab ASAP.
If you have experience in #RNA biology and/or #bioinformatics please contact me in private. We offer a stimulating scientific environment and all you need to be successful, just add you enthusiasm.

[Simone Simon Napolitano @PolymerBXL]

My review paper on irreversible adsorption on the cover of @softmatter, @ULBSciences

[Soft Matter @softmatter]

Irreversible adsorption of polymer melts and nanoconfinement effects, Simone Napolitano, https://t.co/bL6cAdH8xi

[Simone Simon Napolitano @PolymerBXL]

A paper of my group showing that, differently than what predicted by simulations, roughness can speed up molecular mobility

[Physical Review Letters @PhysRevLett]

By reducing interfacial density, nanoscale surface asperities enhance segmental mobility of polymers in thin films https://t.co/x1sW0b3dHf

[Simone Simon Napolitano @PolymerBXL]

A huge potential is waiting to be discovered in the processing-induced nonequilibrium behavior of polymers. Read about our work on nonequilibrium at @ULBruxelles and enjoy the cover of the current isssue of @Macro_ACS https://t.co/pdilNu4lzH

[Simone Simon Napolitano @PolymerBXL]

Read our perspective on how processing under nonequilibrium conditions will lead to innovative polymeric materials @Macro_ACS https://t.co/pdilNu4lzH