Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are typically thought of as molecular hole punchers that
directly kill pathogens by membrane permeation. However, recent work has shown that …

Double helical DNA is a negatively charged polyelectrolyte and exists in the nucleus of
living cells as chromatin, a highly compacted but dynamic complex with histone proteins …

Supramolecular nanoparticles represent a key field in recent research as their synthesis
through self-assembly is straightforward and they often can respond to external triggers. A …

Protamine, a small, strongly positively-charged protein, plays a key role in achieving
chromatin condensation inside sperm cells and is also involved in the formulation of …

In this study, the association (“electrostatic self-assembly”) of cationic generation 4 poly
(amidoamine) dendrimer with a set of oppositely charged aromatic and aliphatic organic …

We present a novel, self-assembled nanostructure with selective photocatalytic activity
formed from anionic polyoxometalate clusters and cationic dendrimers by electrostatic self …

Recent experiments have shown that trivalent ion, spermidine3+, can provoke lateral
microphase segregation in DNA brushes. Using molecular simulations and simple …

Similarly charged polyelectrolytes are known to attract each other and aggregate into
bundles when the charge density of the polymers exceeds a critical value that depends on …

Electrostatic self-assembly of photoacids with oppositely charged macroions yields
supramolecular nano-objects in aqueous solutions, whose size is controlled through light …

Self-limited, or terminal, supraparticles have long received great interest because of their
abundance in biological systems (DNA bundles and virus capsids) and their potential use in …