Hierarchical self-assembly and crystallization with long-range ordered spatial arrangement
is ubiquitous in nature and plays an essential role in the regulation of structures and …

The basic contractile unit of muscle, the sarcomere, will contract as the muscle goes into
rigor post-mortem. Depending on the conditions, such as the rate of pH decline, the cooling …

The actin cytoskeleton, a network of protein-polymers, is responsible for the mechanical
stability of cells. This biopolymer network is also crucial for processes that require spatial …

We present a personal view on the current state of statistical mechanics of Coulomb fluids
with special emphasis on the interactions between macromolecular surfaces, concentrating …

▪ Abstract Crawling cells of various morphologies displace themselves in their biological
environments by a similar overall mechanism of protrusion through actin assembly at the …

We use the framework of counterion condensation theory, in which deviations from linear
electrostatics are ascribed to charge renormalization caused by collapse of counterions from …

Charged soft-matter systems—such as colloidal dispersions and charged polymers—are
dominated by attractive forces between constituent like-charged particles when neutralizing …

Cellular factors tightly regulate the architecture of bundles of filamentous cytoskeletal
proteins, giving rise to assemblies with distinct morphologies and physical properties, and a …

Anionic polyelectrolyte filaments are common in biological cells. DNA, RNA, the cytoskeletal
filaments F-actin, microtubules, and intermediate filaments, and polysaccharides such as …

Membrane technology is crucial in addressing water pollution challenges, particularly in
removing dyes from wastewater. This study presents a novel approach to fabricating shear …