Single-molecule force spectroscopy has emerged as a powerful tool to investigate the forces
and motions associated with biological molecules and enzymatic activity. The most common …

Engineering applications of synthetic polymers are widespread due to their availability,
processability, low density, and diversity of mechanical properties (Figure 1a). Despite their …

The basic features of DNA were elucidated during the half-century following the discovery of
the double helix. But it is only during the past decade that researchers have been able to …

Regarding the activation of chemical reactions, today's chemist is used to thinking in terms of
thermochemistry, electrochemistry, and photochemistry, which is reflected in the …

▪ Abstract Mechanical processes are involved in nearly every facet of the cell cycle.
Mechanical forces are generated in the cell during processes as diverse as chromosomal …

The present study aims to investigate the impact of ultrasonic treatment on the emulsifying
property and emulsion stability of an emulsion system stabilized with soybean protein isolate …

I review single-molecule experiments (SMEs) in biological physics. Recent technological
developments have provided the tools to design and build scientific instruments of high …

Many biologically important macromolecules undergo motions that are essential to their
function. Biophysical techniques can now resolve the motions of single molecules down to …

A comprehensive review on the five levels of hierarchical structures of silk materials and the
correlation with macroscopic properties/performance of the silk materials, that is, the …

We show that the icosahedral packings of protein capsomeres proposed by Caspar and
Klug for spherical viruses become unstable to faceting for sufficiently large virus size, in …