| | The focus of our research is on the simulation of macromolecular systems (polymers, proteins, DNA/RNA). We are interested in an array of questions that are related to the thermodynamics of polymer materials. Some of the topics we have studied are polymer adsorption/desorption at solid surfaces, self-assembly of block copolymers, confined polymer solutions, polymer interactions with colloidal particles. Currently we are particularly interested in polymer partitioning between bulk solution and porous channels and in the separation mechanism of polymers by porous medium in liquid chromatography. Other aspects of the interest is in the global motions of proteins and RNA assemblies, coarse-grained models for larger scale simulation of biological systems and the modeling of biomolecular machines such as the ribosome. |
