The physics of protein self-assembly

JJ McManus, P Charbonneau, E Zaccarelli… - Current opinion in colloid …, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding protein self-assembly is important for many biological and industrial
processes. Proteins can self-assemble into crystals, filaments, gels, and other amorphous …

Equilibrium mechanisms of self-limiting assembly

MF Hagan, GM Grason - Reviews of modern physics, 2021 - APS
Self-assembly is a ubiquitous process in synthetic and biological systems, broadly defined
as the spontaneous organization of multiple subunits (macromolecules, particles, etc.) into …

A review of clathrate hydrate nucleation

M Khurana, Z Yin, P Linga - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Clathrate hydrates are crucial from the point of view of flow assurance and future energy
resources, as well as potential innovative and sustainable applications such as gas …

Molecular nucleation mechanisms and control strategies for crystal polymorph selection

AES Van Driessche, N Van Gerven, PHH Bomans… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The formation of condensed (compacted) protein phases is associated with a wide range of
human disorders, such as eye cataracts, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, sickle cell anaemia …

Human versus bovine serum albumin: a subtle difference in hydrophobicity leads to large differences in bulk and interface behavior

R Maier, MR Fries, C Buchholz, F Zhang… - Crystal Growth & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The protein human serum albumin (HSA) is able to readily crystallize in the presence of
trivalent cations, whereas this is not the case for the homologous protein in cattle, bovine …

Dynamics of proteins in solution

M Grimaldo, F Roosen-Runge, F Zhang… - Quarterly Reviews of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The dynamics of proteins in solution includes a variety of processes, such as backbone and
side-chain fluctuations, interdomain motions, as well as global rotational and translational …

The statistical mechanics of dynamic pathways to self-assembly

S Whitelam, RL Jack - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
This review describes some important physical characteristics of the pathways (ie,
dynamical processes) by which molecular, nanoscale, and micrometer-scale self-assembly …

The non-classical nucleation of crystals: microscopic mechanisms and applications to molecular crystals, ice and calcium carbonate

RP Sear - International Materials Reviews, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Crystals form via nucleation followed by growth. Often nucleation data are interpreted using
the classical theory of nucleation, which is essentially a simple theory for the nucleation of a …

Observing classical nucleation theory at work by monitoring phase transitions with molecular precision

M Sleutel, J Lutsko, AES Van Driessche… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
It is widely accepted that many phase transitions do not follow nucleation pathways as
envisaged by the classical nucleation theory. Many substances can traverse intermediate …

Review of liquid–liquid phase separation in crystallization: from fundamentals to application

S Xu, H Zhang, B Qiao, Y Wang - Crystal Growth & Design, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the field of industrial crystallization, liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) easily makes
the crystallization process into an uncontrollable state, making it extremely difficult for people …