Ions are ubiquitous in nature. They play a key role for many biological processes on the
molecular scale, from molecular interactions, to mechanical properties, to folding, to self …

A theory accounting for the effect of the counterions on the adsorption constant, K, is
proposed. The experimental values of K were determined by using surface and interfacial …

Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs) are formed by molecules with ionic groups at
the periphery that associate into stacks through noncovalent self-assembly while in water …

Soft condensed matter physics, which emerged as a distinct branch of physics in the 1990s,
studies complex fluids: liquids in which structures with length scale between the molecular …

This paper reports the application of molecular dynamics methods to understand the
interactions between dendritic molecules with spermine surface groups and double-helical …

It is hard to overestimate the importance of electrostatic interactions associated with charged
objects in soft and biological matter. In aqueous environment, typical to many of these …

This work was supported through the Socrates–Erasmus European Exchange Scheme
(MAK) and by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Syngenta …

Dendritic molecules constitute one of the most exciting areas of modern nanochemistry,
largely as a consequence of the unique properties associated with their branched …

Achieving specific mechanical properties of hydrogels, especially when used as thin films,
can be crucial in diverse applications, including tissue engineering and bioelectronics. Here …

A nanoporous aluminium oxide membrane was integrated into a microfluidic system
designed to extract hgDNA (human genomic DNA) from lysed whole blood. The …