Coarse-grained soft-clusters remain non-diffusing in the melt state

Melts of 3-dimensional dendritic beads-springs, namely coarse-grained soft-clusters, are studied by molecular dynamics simulations. The goal is to elucidate the unique dynamics of giant molecules, or generally speaking, 3-dimensional architectured polymers. When constituted by more than the critical number around 200 beads, soft-clusters cannot diffuse or relax far above their glass transition temperature, although relaxation can happen on the...