4

Dec

Rigid-ring models for topologically linked DNA networks

STSMs

Status: Approved Period February - March 2020 Applicant Elisa De [...] Read More

22

Nov

Linear Dimensions of Adsorbed Semiflexible Polymers: What can be learned about their persistence length?

News, Publication

Conformations of partially or fully adsorbed semiflexible polymer chains are [...] Read More

22

Nov

Spotting plants’ microfilament morphologies and nanostructures

News, Publication

Microfibers existing in the tracheary systems of plants are crucial [...] Read More

21

Nov

Topology of Three-Dimensional Active Nematic Turbulence Confined to Droplets

News, Publication

Active nematics contain topological defects that (under sufficient activity) move, [...] Read More

21

Nov

Design of functional multicomponent liquid crystalline mixtures with nano-scale pitch fulfilling deformed helix ferroelectric mode demands

News, Publication

Design of new functional smectic liquid crystalline mixtures possessing polar [...] Read More

21

Nov

Point Defects, Topological Chirality, and Singularity Theory in Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Droplets

News, Publication

We provide a characterization of point defects in droplets of [...] Read More

18

Nov

Topological Constraints in Eukaryotic Genomes and How They Can Be Exploited to Improve Spatial Models of Chromosomes

News, Publication

Polymer physics is a powerful framework for understanding the physical [...] Read More

13

Nov

Searching the Optimal Folding Routes of a Complex Lasso Protein

News, Publication

We have investigated the folding mechanism of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, [...] Read More

12

Nov

Applications of X-rays and Neutron Scattering in Biology

News

The XXIV International School of Pure and Applied Biophysics, jointly [...] Read More

12

Nov

A new strategy to microscopic modelling of topological entanglement in polymers based on field theory

News, Publication

In this work an algorithm to derive field theoretical models [...] Read More