Hierarchical self-assembly and crystallization with long-range ordered spatial arrangement
is ubiquitous in nature and plays an essential role in the regulation of structures and …

Biomaterials, traditionally defined as materials used in medical devices, have been used
since antiquity, but recently their degree of sophistication has increased significantly …

Cooperation is a strategy that has been adopted by groups of organisms to execute complex
tasks more efficiently than single entities. Cooperation increases the robustness and …

Biological systems have evolved to harness non-equilibrium processes from the molecular
to the macro scale. It is currently a grand challenge of chemistry, materials science, and …

Long‐range structural order and alignment over different scales are of key importance for
the regulation of structure and functionality in biology. However, it remains a great challenge …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis and
vasculopathy. CXCL4 represents an early serum biomarker of severe SSc and likely …

We present a personal view on the current state of statistical mechanics of Coulomb fluids
with special emphasis on the interactions between macromolecular surfaces, concentrating …

Charges on biological polymers in physiologically relevant solution conditions are strongly
screened by water and salt solutions containing counter-ions. However, the entropy of these …

Our bodies are in constant motion and so are the neurons that invade each tissue. Motion-
induced neuron deformation and damage are associated with several neurodegenerative …

Tubulin, the protein subunit of microtubules (MTs), is an α/β heterodimer. In this chapter, a
hypothesis on the evolution of the tubulin molecule is proposed, based in part on recent …