New Paper: “Accurate large scale modelling of graphene oxide: Ion trapping and chaotropic potential at the interface”

In this work, we address the limitations in the performance of using generalised forcefields in molecular dynamics simulations for exotic materials such as graphene. We achievethis through ad hoc molecular dynamics forcefield parameterisation using density functional theory (DFT) calculations of a 1000 atom graphene-oxide (GO) system. The resulting forcefield parameters …

New paper: “Minor chemistry changes alter surface hydration to control fibronectin adsorption and assembly into nanofibrils”

Our recent manuscript — “Minor chemistry changes alter surface hydration to control fibronectin adsorption and assembly into nanofibrils” — reports the results of a multi-disciplinary investigation of mechanisms that govern material-driven fibrillogenesis.  Previously, our collaborators in Prof. Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez‘s group at the University of Glasgow showed that fibronectin formed fibril …