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Consistent treatment of hydrophobicity in protein lattice models accounts for cold denaturation
Erik van Dijk, Patrick Varilly, Tuomas Knowles +2
The hydrophobic effect stabilizes the native structure of proteins by minimizing the unfavourable interactions between hydrophobic residues and water through the formation of a hyd…
Mobile linkers on DNA-coated colloids: valency without patches
Stefano Angioletti-Uberti, Patrick Varilly, Bortolo M. Mognetti +1
Colloids coated with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) can bind selectively to other colloids coated with complementary ssDNA. The fact that DNA-coated colloids (DNACCs) can bind to spec…
Designing stimulus-sensitive colloidal walkers
Francisco J. Martinez-Veracoechea, Bortolo M. Mognetti, Stefano Angioletti-Uberti +3
Colloidal particles with DNA `legs' that can bind reversibly to receptors on a surface can be made to `walk' if there is a gradient in receptor concentration. We use a combination…
A simple analytical formula for the free-energy of ligand-receptor mediated interactions
Stefano Angioletti-Uberti, Patrick Varilly, Bortolo Matteo Mognetti +2
Recently \1, we presented a general theory for calculat- ing the strength and properties of colloidal interactions mediated by ligand-receptor bonds (such as those that bind DNA-co…
Water Evaporation: A Transition Path Sampling Study
Patrick Varilly, David Chandler
We use transition path sampling to study evaporation in the SPC/E model of liquid water. Based on thousands of evaporation trajectories, we characterize the members of the transiti…
A general theory of DNA-mediated and other valence-limited interactions
Patrick Varilly, Stefano Angioletti-Uberti, Bortolo M. Mognetti +1
We present a general theory for predicting the interaction potentials between DNA-coated colloids, and more broadly, any particles that interact via valence-limited ligand-receptor…