Protein folding involves a large number of steps and conformations in which the folding
protein samples different thermodynamic states characterized by local minima. Kinetically …

A key goal of nanotechnology is the development of artificial machines capable of
converting molecular movement into macroscopic work. Although conversion of light into …

Helical structures are ubiquitous in natural and engineered systems across multiple length
scales. Examples include DNA molecules, plants' tendrils, sea snails' shells, and spiral …

A promising candidate for the development of stimuli-responsive morphing materials are
based on liquid crystal polymer networks. These anisotropic materials will contract along the …

Amyloidogenic model peptides are invaluable for investigating assembly mechanisms in
disease related amyloids and in protein folding. During aggregation, such peptides can …

Protein-based amyloid fibrils can show a great variety of polymorphic structures within the
same protein precursor, although the origins of these structural homologues remain poorly …

Polymer springs that twist under irradiation with light, in a manner that mimics how plant
tendrils twist and turn under the effect of differential expansion in different sections of the …

We report lysozyme self-assembly into nanotubes, under the effect of hydrolysis at pH 2 and
90° C. We resolve the final steps of the fibrillation pathway, entailing the closure of multi …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are smart elastomers capable of a reversible shape
change triggered by a stimulus such as heat or light. This change in shape is programmed …

Using both experiments and finite element simulations, we explore the shape evolution of off-
axis twist nematic elastomer ribbons as a function of temperature. The elastomers are …