Peter Košovan @sciencecharles.bsky.social and I @cam.ac.uk have looked at the uptake of peptides by polyelectrolyte brushes. Combining molecular simulations, mean-field calculations and analytically solvable theory we provide a complex picture of the underlying physics: doi.org/10.1021/acsm...
Join us on Friday, 7 Nov, 14-18, for the ESI Medal Symposium in honor of Michele Parrinello, at @esivienna.bsky.social or online. Talks by G. Kresse, @mahrossi.bsky.social, G. Foffi, and M.Parrinello and even some music! 🎶 Should be an interesting afternoon.
www.esi.ac.at/events/e593/
Our workshop Charged Soft Matter: Bridging Theory and Experiment is coming to an end. Thanks to all participants for a great and insightful week full of talks, discussions, and exchanges! 🙏
📸 Group photo at the Strudlhofstiege
📎 Missed something? Find all info here: www.esi.ac.at/events/e571/
Day 3 of our ongoing workshop! 🧪
Missed a lecture? Rewatch talks by Stefanie Schneider, David Andelman, Peter Schurtenberger & more right here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
More to come—stay tuned!
Thank you for the great talk and for visiting us at the @esivienna.bsky.social
The Workshop: Charged Soft Matter – Bridging Theory and Experiment is taking place Sept 8–12, 2025.
Organized by Emanuela Bianchi, Peter Košovan, Christos Likos & Roman Stano, the workshop will explore key systems like charged colloids, proteins, polyelectrolytes & disordered proteins.
Many thanks to the co-authors: Davide Michieletto (from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), Jan Smrek and Christos N. Likos (from @univie.ac.at). This work was also highlighted by the Press Release of @univie.ac.at: www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta...
🧬 Check out our latest paper in the PRL: doi.org/10.1103/7fh5...
We use computer simulations and analytically solvable theory to study supercoiled DNA plasmids functionalized by pH-responsive groups. We show how charge annealing can reversibly switch the topological twist to writhe and vice versa.
