Carlos Vega Festschrift Carlos Vega is full professor of Physical Chemistry in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Carlos has made important scientific contributions in the field of

The article is part of the Carlos Vega Festschrift: pubs.aip.org/jcp/collecti...

A patchy-particle three-dimensional octagonal quasicrystal We devise an ideal three-dimensional octagonal quasicrystal that is based upon the two-dimensional Ammann–Beenker tiling and that is potentially suitable for re

Now out in the Journal of Chemical Physics, our paper on three-dimensional octagonal quasicrystals made from patchy particles: doi.org/10.1063/5.02.... Octagonal symmetry has only been observed in a few materials; these particle designs provide a new route for their realization using DNA origami.

Reversible self-assembly of patchy particles into monodisperse icosahedral clusters We systematically study the design of simple patchy sphere models that reversibly self-assemble into monodisperse icosahedral clusters. We find that the optimal

Amusingly, the particles are the same as we studied here almost 20 year ago but with the addition of just two extra patches: doi.org/10.1063/1.27...

A One-Component Patchy-Particle Icosahedral Quasicrystal Designing particles that are able to form icosahedral quasicrystals (IQCs) and that are as simple as possible is not only of fundamental interest but is also important to the potential realization of ...

A recent paper in ACS Nano showing that icosahedral quasicrystals can be formed by a single type of patchy particle: doi.org/10.1021/acsn...

Chirality transfer in lyotropic twist–bend nematics Using molecular simulations and classical density functional theory, we study the liquid-crystalline phase behavior of a series of bent rod-like mesogens with a

new publication (my first!) in the JCP! pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/arti...

Reconfigurable nanomaterials folded from multicomponent chains of DNA origami voxels Custom nanostructures joined into flexible chains rapidly transform into programmable nanorobotic components with high yield.

Shouting out some super cool work by my good friend and Chemistry colleague Shelley Wickham and her amazing team @sydneyuni.bsky.social #chemsky

DNA origami voxels configured into anything 🦕🇦🇺 you name it, even 3D or dynamic, they'll build it

Out in Science Robotics
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Controlling DNA–RNA strand displacement kinetics with base distribution | PNAS DNA–RNA hybrid strand displacement underpins the function of many natural and engineered systems. Understanding and controlling factors affecting D...

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Our new paper is just out in PNAS:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

It is about nucleic acid strand displacement, which is a key reaction in molecular computation, and part of the success of the oxDNA model comes from the fact it can efficiently simulate this process.

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