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Schematic Models of Molecular Self‐Organization
Author(s) -
Van Workum Kevin,
Douglas Jack F.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200550901
Subject(s) - icosahedral symmetry , nanotechnology , self organization , schematic , process (computing) , simple (philosophy) , nanolithography , emulation , materials science , computer science , chemistry , crystallography , engineering , artificial intelligence , medicine , philosophy , alternative medicine , epistemology , pathology , electronic engineering , fabrication , economics , economic growth , operating system
Molecular self‐organization is central to the formation of numerous biological structures and the emulation of this process through the creation of synthetic counterparts offers great promise for nanofabrication. Our approach to understanding the principles governing this process is inspired by existing models and measurements on the self‐organization of actin, tubulin and the ubiquitous icosahedral structures of viral capsids. We introduce a family of simple potentials that give rise to the self‐organization of chain‐like, random surface (‘membrane’), tubular (‘nanotube’) and hollow icosahedral structures that are similar in many respects to their biological counterparts.