The authors review recent advances in the physics of strongly interacting charged systems
functioning in water at room temperature. In these systems, many phenomena go beyond …

Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides are short cationic peptides capable of traversing the
plasma membranes of eukaryotic cells. While successful intracellular delivery of many …

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

DNA is not only an essential object of study for biologists—it also raises very interesting
questions for physicists. This paper discuss its nonlinear dynamics, its statistical mechanics …

The first English edition of the present book was published in 2005 and although still in use
around the world the text could be much improved by a timely update on several counts …

An all-atom 5 nanosecond molecular dynamics simulation of a water-solvated micelle
containing 60 sodium dodecyl sulfate monomers was performed. Structural properties such …

DNA is stored in vivo in a highly compact, so-called condensed phase, where gene
regulatory processes are governed by the intricate interplay between different states of DNA …

Cement is the most produced material in the world. A major player in greenhouse gas
emissions, it is the main binding agent in concrete, providing a cohesive strength that rapidly …

We address the issue of the self energy of the mobile ions in electrolyte solutions within a
general Gaussian renormalized fluctuation theory using a field-theoretic approach. We …

The conjunction of insights from structural biology, solution biochemistry, genetics, and
single-molecule biophysics has provided a renewed impetus for the construction of …