Static and Dynamic properties of self-assembled hybrid wormlike surfactant micelles: Molecular Dynamics Study*

Self-assembled wormlike surfactant aggregates have attracted considerable interest in both fundamental research and in practical applications due to their rich viscoelastic behavior and dynamic responsiveness to external conditions. Incorporation of polymer within wormlike micelles is shown to have enhanced stability and potentially superior viscoelastic properties. Co-assembly of polymers with surfactants in hybrid micelles is studied using coarse grained MD simulation with MARTINI force field and by united atom MD simulation with GROMOS53a6 force field. Simulations are carried out using GPU accelerated version of GROMACS 4.6.5. The change in micelle properties due to the presence of polymer is analyzed and the results are compared with available experimental data