Insights from molecular dynamics and DFT calculations into the interaction of 1, 4-benzodiazepines with 2-hydroxypropyl-βCD in a theoretical study

M Ganjali Koli, R Eshaghi Malekshah, H Hajiabadi - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This study delves into the interaction between benzodiazepine (BZD) drugs and 2-
hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (2HPβCD), a cyclodextrin (CD) known to improve drug delivery …

Gyration tensor based analysis of the shapes of polymer chains in an attractive spherical cage

H Arkın, W Janke - The Journal of chemical physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
In a recent computational study, we found highly structured conformations for the polymer-
attractive sphere model system. Those conformations are of highly ordered spherical shape …

Exploring the role of cyclodextrins as a cholesterol scavenger: A molecular dynamics investigation of conformational changes and thermodynamics

M Ganjali Koli, F Fogolari - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the cholesterol binding mechanism and
conformational changes in cyclodextrin (CD) carriers, namely βCD, 2HPβCD, and MβCD …

Adsorption and desorption of polymers on bioinspired chemically structured substrates

TI Morozova, NA García, JL Barrat… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Natural biological surfaces exhibit interesting properties due to their inhomogeneous
chemical and physical structure at the micro-and nanoscale. In the case of hair or skin, this …

Unveiling the dynamic and thermodynamic interactions of hydrocortisone with β-cyclodextrin and its methylated derivatives through insights from molecular dynamics …

R Gholami, K Azizi, M Ganjali Koli - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Cyclodextrins (CDs) can enhance the stability and bioavailability of pharmaceutical
compounds by encapsulating them within their cavities. This study utilized molecular …

Asphaltene mesoscale aggregation behavior in organic solvents—a Brownian dynamics study

M Ahmadi, H Hassanzadeh, J Abedi - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Significant advances have been achieved in understanding the main molecular
mechanisms leading to asphaltene aggregation. However, the existing computational …

Mapping self-avoiding walk on obstacle-ridden lattice onto chelation of heavy metal ions: Monte Carlo study

V Blavatska, J Ilnytskyi, E Lähderanta - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
Self-avoiding walk (SAW) represents a linear polymer chain on a large scale, neglecting its
chemical details and emphasizing the role of its conformational statistics. The role of the …

Polymer adsorption on curved surfaces

H Arkin, W Janke - Physical Review E, 2017 - APS
The conformational behavior of a coarse-grained finite polymer chain near an attractive
spherical surface was investigated by means of multicanonical Monte Carlo computer …

Ground-state properties of a polymer chain in an attractive sphere

H Arkın, W Janke - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2012 - ACS Publications
We analyze the structural formation of a polymer chain inside of an attractive sphere
depending on the attraction strength. Our model is composed of a coarse-grained polymer …

Polymers in disordered environments

V Blavatska, N Fricke, W Janke - arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.4891, 2014 - arxiv.org
A brief review of our recent studies aiming at a better understanding of the scaling behaviour
of polymers in disordered environments is given. The main emphasis is on a simple generic …