Prof. Michael Hagan talks about spontaneous assembly as an engineering design principle in Physics Today (co-Authored with W Benajmin Rogers and Gregory Grason) : Teaching nanostructures to build themselves physicstoday.aip.org/features/tea...

Dr.Tyukodi Botond gets featured in phys.org for their work on exploiting symmetry principles to reduce the cost for high fidelity assembly ! Check it out : lnkd.in/g6VQm4PD #SelfAssembly #BrandeisMRSEC

⭐️Featured⭐️: [Pub PRX Dec2024] : Dr. Anthony Trubiano presents a Markov State Model approach to doing long duration simulations to make more accurate predictions of assembly thermodynamics while addressing kinetics. Check it out : doi.org/10.1103/Phys... #MultiMSM #SelfAssembly #BrandeisMRSEC

🚨 Publication🚨: ACS Nano: @laynefrechette.bsky.social and @n4rens.bsky.social use Langevin dynamics simulations to demonstrate how self-assembly of empty #ViralCapsidAssembly is modulated by liquid compartments formed by #PhaseSeparation. Check it out: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #BrandeisMRSEC

🚨Published 🚨 : Newton 2025 : doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... : @laynefrechette.bsky.social demonstrates how active noise can induce dynamic clustering of colloidal particles that has tunable characteristics. Check it out !

New Publication 🚨 : Saptorshi Ghosh shows how to use optimal control theory to control structure, dynamics and function of active materials using light signals. Check it out :https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0244046 [http://doi.org] @BrandeisMRSEC #SoftMatter #ActiveMaterials

New Publication 🚨 : Tyukodi Botond explores how to choose design principles for synthesizing closed assemblies with the lowest complexity and highest degree of symmetry to enable high yielding but fast assembly of target structures. Check it out: arxiv.org/abs/2411.03720 #BrandeisMRSEC #SelfAssembly

New Publication 🚨 : Layne Frechette shows how active matter, which consumes energy to create persistent and directed motion, can be harnessed to create dynamic assemblies with tunable sizes, shapes, and motion. Check it out : arxiv.org/abs/2410.05555 #ActiveMatter #SelfAssembly #BrandeisMRSEC