Self-assembly is a ubiquitous process in synthetic and biological systems, broadly defined
as the spontaneous organization of multiple subunits (macromolecules, particles, etc.) into …

This review describes some important physical characteristics of the pathways (ie,
dynamical processes) by which molecular, nanoscale, and micrometer-scale self-assembly …

Dynamic DNA nanotechnology often uses toehold-mediated strand displacement for
controlling reaction kinetics. Although the dependence of strand displacement kinetics on …

Recent experimental observations of the onset of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) mineralization
suggest the emergence of a population of clusters that are stable rather than unstable as …

We introduce an extended version of oxDNA, a coarse-grained model of deoxyribonucleic
acid (DNA) designed to capture the thermodynamic, structural, and mechanical properties of …

DNA is used to construct synthetic systems that sense, actuate, move and compute. The
operation of many dynamic DNA devices depends on toehold-mediated strand …

Although the thermodynamics of DNA hybridization is generally well established, the
kinetics of this classic transition is less well understood. Providing such understanding has …

Elucidating the population dynamics of correlated electron-hole pairs (bound excitons) in
semiconducting quantum dots (QDs) is key for developing our fundamental understanding of …

Recent years have seen great advances in the development of synthetic self-assembling
molecular systems. Designing out-of-equilibrium architectures, however, requires a more …

DNA strand exchange plays a central role in genetic recombination across all kingdoms of
life, but the physical basis for these reactions remains poorly defined. Using single-molecule …