BACKGROUND Composites comprising nanoscale particles embedded in a second phase
(or matrix) create exciting opportunities to design functional materials with strong coupling …

Conspectus Proteins are a class of nanoscale building block with remarkable chemical
complexity and sophistication: their diverse functions, shapes, and symmetry as well as …

Reconfigurable, mechanically responsive crystalline materials are central components in
many sensing, soft robotic, and energy conversion and storage devices,,–. Crystalline …

The field of molecular engineering in medicine has made significant strides in recent years,
transforming healthcare, diagnostics, and therapy development. However, the COVID-19 …

Harnessing molecular design principles toward functional applications of ion-containing
macromolecules relies on diversifying experimental data sets of well-understood materials …

A central question in epigenetics is how histone modifications influence the 3D structure of
eukaryotic genomes and, ultimately, how this 3D structure is manifested in gene expression …

Nanoparticle superlattice assembly has been proposed as an ideal means of programming
material properties as a function of hierarchical organization of different building blocks …

Cancer is a growing threat to human beings. Traditional treatments for malignant tumors
usually involve invasive means to healthy human tissues, such as surgical treatment and …

Auxetic materials are characterized by a negative Poisson's ratio, ν. As the Poisson's ratio
approaches the lower isotropic mechanical limit of ν=− 1, materials show enhanced …

Nanoparticles (NPs) hold tremendous promise for diverse applications in fields such as
imaging, sensing, nanorobotics, and for optical and electronic materials. These applications …