Protein–ligand complexes with catch bonds exhibit prolonged lifetimes when subject to
tensile force, which is a desirable yet elusive attribute for man-made nanoparticle interfaces …

Catch bonds are protein-ligand bonds that become more difficult to break as the applied
force increases, a counterintuitive phenomenon that has not yet been reproduced in …

Unlike nearly all engineered materials which contain bonds that weaken under load,
biological materials contain “catch” bonds which are reinforced under load. Consequently …

All primary chemical bonds inherently weaken under increasing tension. Interestingly,
nature is able to combine such bonds into protein complexes that accomplish the opposite …

A challenging problem in designing nanocomposites is to engineer nanoparticle interfaces
that have tunable cohesive strength and rate-responsive behavior, for which inspiration can …

This study examines local oscillatory shear dynamics of spherical polymer grafted
nanoparticles (PGNs) composed of a rigid nanoparticle core of fixed radius, r 0= 25 nm, and …

Living matter is a class of soft matter systems that maintains itself away from thermodynamic
equilibrium by the continual consumption of chemical energy. Individual proteins consume …

Low field MRI? The rationale behind it has been around for quite some time, traditionally
perceived as a mean to reduce cost or to provide open access to patients suffering from …

Over the last few years, there has been a transition away from traditional engineering
materials to new advanced materials that exhibit complex architectures with improved …