Dielectric continuum methods for quantum chemistry

JM Herbert - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the theory and implementation of implicit solvation models based on
continuum electrostatics. Within quantum chemistry this formalism is sometimes …

Materials perspective on Casimir and van der Waals interactions

LM Woods, DAR Dalvit, A Tkatchenko… - Reviews of Modern …, 2016 - APS
Interactions induced by electromagnetic fluctuations, such as van der Waals and Casimir
forces, are of universal nature present at any length scale between any types of systems …

In vitro selection and analysis of SARS-CoV-2 nirmatrelvir resistance mutations contributing to clinical virus resistance surveillance

Y Zhu, I Yurgelonis, S Noell, Q Yang, S Guan, Z Li… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
To facilitate the detection and management of potential clinical antiviral resistance, in vitro
selection of drug-resistant severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

A suite of tutorials for the WESTPA rare-events sampling software [Article v1. 0]

AT Bogetti, B Mostofian, A Dickson… - Living journal of …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The weighted ensemble (WE) strategy has been demonstrated to be highly efficient in
generating pathways and rate constants for rare events such as protein folding and protein …

Site-selective proteolytic cleavage of plant viruses by photoactive chiral nanoparticles

R Gao, L Xu, M Sun, M Xu, C Hao, X Guo… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Viral diseases of plants are associated with large health and economic costs. Antiviral
agents developed for mammalian organisms have had limited success for plants …

[HTML][HTML] A multiscale coarse-grained model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion

A Yu, AJ Pak, P He, V Monje-Galvan, L Casalino… - Biophysical journal, 2021 - cell.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent
of the COVID-19 pandemic. Computer simulations of complete viral particles can provide …

OpenMSCG: A software tool for bottom-up coarse-graining

Y Peng, AJ Pak, AEP Durumeric… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The “bottom-up” approach to coarse-graining, for building accurate and efficient
computational models to simulate large-scale and complex phenomena and processes, is …

Stretchable and self-healable hydrogel artificial skin

B Xue, H Sheng, Y Li, L Li, W Di, Z Xu… - National science …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for the construction of skin-like mechanical
sensors. The common design of hydrogel-based artificial skin requires a dielectric …

Stacked binding of a PET ligand to Alzheimer's tau paired helical filaments

GE Merz, MJ Chalkley, SK Tan, E Tse, J Lee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Accumulation of filamentous aggregates of tau protein in the brain is a pathological hallmark
of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and many other neurodegenerative tauopathies. The filaments …

Water models for biomolecular simulations

AV Onufriev, S Izadi - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Modern simulation and modeling approaches to investigation of biomolecular structure and
function rely heavily on a variety of methods—water models—to approximate the influence …