12

Aug

Spontaneously directed loop extrusion in SMC complexes emerges from broken detailed balance and anisotropic DNA search

News, Publication

DNA loop formation by structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) proteins, [...] Read More

12

Aug

Topology-Controlled Microphase Separation and Interconversion of Twist and Writhe Domains in Supercoiled Annealed Polyelectrolyte

News, Publication

In closed circular ribbonlike polymers such as deoxyribonucleic acid, twist [...] Read More

21

May

Hydrophobic Interactions in Aqueous Osmolyte Solutions: Thermodynamics of Solvation and Implication on Protein Stability

News, Publication

The effect of cosolvents urea and trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) on hydrophobic [...] Read More

4

Apr

Single [2]catenanes in solution forming 4-plats: a combined field theoretical and numerical approach

Publication

The statistical mechanics of [2]catenanes in a solution with constrained [...] Read More

10

Mar

Two (AgI3I)4L4 cages elucidate the rules for silver-cluster vertex design

News, Publication

Here, we report two (AgI3I)4L4 metal-organic cages that each contain [...] Read More

12

Feb

Probability of Z-DNA Forming Subsequences and B-Z Transition Sites in the Epstein-Barr Virus and Others

News, Publication

It is well known what sequences of bases in DNA [...] Read More

27

Jan

Topology in soft and biological matter

News, Publication

The last years have witnessed remarkable advances in our understanding [...] Read More

13

Dec

Self-duality, integrability, topological entanglement and a field theory model of two linked rings

News, Publication

This paper examines the link between the statistical mechanics of [...] Read More

10

Nov

An introduction to Topology in soft and biological matter

Dissemination, News

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16

Aug

Kinetoplast DNA: a polymer physicist’s topological Olympic dream

Publication

All life forms are miraculous, but some are more inexplicable [...] Read More