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  "abstract": "Although minimalist models for patchy attractive particles have revealed powerful design rules for how particle valence directs colloidal assembly, less work has focused on comparably simple models of reversible, network-forming star polymers. Here, we use relative-entropy coarse-graining and simulation results from finer-resolution bead--spring star polymers to generate 5-bead models of dynamic, end-associating four-armed poly(ethylene glycol) macromers. Our results comparing structural correlations, network connectivity, and phase behavior of the coarse- and fine-grained models provide insight into how the accuracy and transferability of the coarse-grained models depend on the state point chosen for coarse-graining. The results also reveal intrinsic trade-offs between reducing degrees of freedom and expanding the range of effective interactions in coarse-graining that impact the total number of pairwise interactions in the resulting model, with implications for its computational efficiency.",
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      "name": "C. Levi Petix"
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    {
      "name": "Michael P. Howard"
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    {
      "name": "Thomas M. Truskett"
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.09594",
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  "published": "2026-09-09",
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  "title": "Coarse-graining to create minimalist models for dynamic, end-linked star-polymer networks",
  "title_text": "Coarse-graining to create minimalist models for dynamic, end-linked star-polymer networks",
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