Recent advances in nanotechnology have led to the development of nano-electro-
mechanical systems (NEMS) such as nanomechanical resonators, which have recently …

We review approaches aimed at deciphering the physical mechanisms responsible for viral
structure and assembly. We discuss the basic principles of condensed matter physics …

Our understanding of the “long range” electrodynamic, electrostatic, and polar interactions
that dominate the organization of small objects at separations beyond an interatomic bond …

Helices are essential building blocks of living organisms, be they molecular fragments of
proteins (α-helices), macromolecules (DNA and collagen), or multimolecular assemblies …

We investigate the formation of ringlike deposits in drying drops of DNA. In analogy with the
colloidal “coffee rings,” DNA is transported to the perimeter by the capillary flow. At the …

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 …

In this perspective article, we focus on recent developments in the theory of charge effects in
biological DNA-related systems. The electrostatic effects on different levels of DNA …

We summarize some aspects of electrostatic interactions in the context of viruses. A
simplified but, within well defined limitations, reliable approach is used to derive expressions …

The volume of a typical Eschericia coli nucleoid is roughly 104 times smaller than the
volume of a freely coiling linear DNA molecule with the same length as the E. coli genome …

Recent experiments show that the adsorption of biomolecules on one surface of a
microcantilever generates surface stresses that cause the cantilever to deflect. If a second …