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We apply a recently developed unsupervised machine learning scheme for local atomic environments to characterize large-scale, disordered aggregates formed by sequence-defined macromolecules. This method provides new insight into the…
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Recent development in computer processing power leads to new paradigms of how problems in many-body physics and especially polymer physics can be addressed. GPU parallel processors can be employed to generate millions of independent…