PHYS 106 |
| This talk will describe several efforts in my group to model self assembly processes that produce useful soft materials. These include: (1) DNA-linked polymers that form a gel like material that has surprising thermal melting behavior; (2) peptide amphiphiles that assemble into cylindrical micelles that are of interest to templated bone and nerve growth;(3) cyclic peptide nanotubes embedded in lipid membranes that are of interest as antibiotics; and (4) DNA-lipid complexes that are relevant to DNA transfection. The two primary tools for these studies are coarse-grained models and atomistic molecular dynamics. |
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Emergence of Function in Molecular Assemblies
8:20 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, August 20, 2007 BCEC -- 159, Oral
Division of Physical Chemistry |