Conveners
(DCMMP) M1-7 Soft Condensed Matter I | Matière condensée molle I (DPMCM)
- Anand Yethiraj
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are of growing interest as potential candidates that may offer more resilience against antimicrobial resistance than traditional antibiotic agents. In this article, we perform the first in silico study of the synthetic $\beta$ sheet-forming AMP GL13K. Through atomistic simulations of single and multi-peptide systems under different conditions, we are able to...
Soft colloids are microscopic particles that, when dispersed in a solvent, can adjust their size and shape in response to changes in local environment. Typical examples are microgels, made of loosely crosslinked networks of polymer chains, that respond to changes in concentration by deswelling and faceting. Practical applications of microgels include drug delivery, chemical and biosensors, and...
Soft solids play an important role in stretchable electronics, cellular membranes and water collection. Upon introduction of a liquid contact line, soft solids can deform substantially causing changes to geometry and dynamics. On the nanoscale, the deformation at the liquid/solid contact line is a capillary ridge. We study these capillary ridges for a system which consists of a thin polymer...
The phase behavior of binary blends of AB diblock copolymers of compositions f and 1-f is examined using field theoretic simulations (FTSs). Highly asymmetric compositions (i.e., f ≈ 0) behave like homopolymer blends macrophase separating into coexisting A- and B-rich phases as the segregation is increased, whereas more symmetric diblocks (f ≈ 0.5) microphase separate into an ordered lamellar...
