The site‐specific engineering of colloidal surfaces has provided a powerful approach to
pushing the boundaries of today's materials research. The resulting surface‐anisotropic and …

Recently, an increasing experimental effort has been devoted to the synthesis of complex
colloidal particles with chemically or physically patterned surfaces and possible specific …

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 …

Micrometre-sized colloidal particles can be viewed as large atoms with tailorable size,
shape and interactions. These building blocks can assemble into extremely rich structures …

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

Abstract'Patchy colloids' is a term that has been recently introduced to indicate specially
engineered particles with directional interactions. Based on this concept, a'bottom …

In this review we focus on the determination of phase diagrams by computer simulation, with
particular attention to the fluid–solid and solid–solid equilibria. The methodology to compute …

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

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 …

The maturation of HIV-1 viral particles is essential for viral infectivity. During maturation,
many copies of the capsid protein (CA) self-assemble into a capsid shell to enclose the viral …