From the beginning of life with the information-containing polymers until the present era of a
plethora of water-based materials in health care industry and biotechnology, polyelectrolytes …

Viruses are nanoscale entities containing a nucleic acid genome encased in a protein shell
called a capsid and in some cases are surrounded by a lipid bilayer membrane. This review …

We review approaches aimed at deciphering the physical mechanisms responsible for viral
structure and assembly. We discuss the basic principles of condensed matter physics …

The electric polarizability of DNA, represented by the dielectric constant, is a key intrinsic
property that modulates DNA interaction with effector proteins. Surprisingly, it has so far …

Viruses play a role in a significant portion of human diseases, as well as those of other
animals, plants, and bacteria. This chapter focuses on the use of theoretical and …

A large number of infectious diseases are transmitted by respiratory droplets. How long
these droplets persist in the air, how far they can travel, and how long the pathogens they …

Multiple particle tracking (MPT) methodology was used to dissect the impact of nanoparticle
surface charge and size upon particle diffusion through freshly harvested porcine jejunum …

The self‐assembly into supramolecular polymers is a process driven by reversible non‐
covalent interactions between monomers, and gives access to materials applications …

Much of the science underpinning the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic lies in the
soft matter domain. Coronaviruses are composite particles with a core of nucleic acids …

We provide here a general view on the interactions of surfactants with viruses, with a
particular emphasis on how such interactions can be controlled and employed for inhibiting …