Controlling crystallization and its absence: proteins, colloids and patchy models.
The ability to control the crystallization behaviour (including its absence) of particles, be they biomolecules such as globular proteins, inorganic colloids, nanoparticles, or metal atoms in an alloy, is of both fundamental and technological importance. Much can be learnt from the exquisite control...
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Royal Society of Chemistry
2007
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| author | Doye, J Louis, A Lin, I Allen, L Noya, E Wilber, A Kok, H Lyus, R |
| author_facet | Doye, J Louis, A Lin, I Allen, L Noya, E Wilber, A Kok, H Lyus, R |
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| description | The ability to control the crystallization behaviour (including its absence) of particles, be they biomolecules such as globular proteins, inorganic colloids, nanoparticles, or metal atoms in an alloy, is of both fundamental and technological importance. Much can be learnt from the exquisite control that biological systems exert over the behaviour of proteins, where protein crystallization and aggregation are generally suppressed, but where in particular instances complex crystalline assemblies can be formed that have a functional purpose. We also explore the insights that can be obtained from computational modelling, focussing on the subtle interplay between the interparticle interactions, the preferred local order and the resulting crystallization kinetics. In particular, we highlight the role played by "frustration", where there is an incompatibility between the preferred local order and the global crystalline order, using examples from atomic glass formers and model anisotropic particles. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:6f501c78-b949-4077-9c0b-678777b2db812022-03-26T19:30:01ZControlling crystallization and its absence: proteins, colloids and patchy models.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:6f501c78-b949-4077-9c0b-678777b2db81EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordRoyal Society of Chemistry2007Doye, JLouis, ALin, IAllen, LNoya, EWilber, AKok, HLyus, RThe ability to control the crystallization behaviour (including its absence) of particles, be they biomolecules such as globular proteins, inorganic colloids, nanoparticles, or metal atoms in an alloy, is of both fundamental and technological importance. Much can be learnt from the exquisite control that biological systems exert over the behaviour of proteins, where protein crystallization and aggregation are generally suppressed, but where in particular instances complex crystalline assemblies can be formed that have a functional purpose. We also explore the insights that can be obtained from computational modelling, focussing on the subtle interplay between the interparticle interactions, the preferred local order and the resulting crystallization kinetics. In particular, we highlight the role played by "frustration", where there is an incompatibility between the preferred local order and the global crystalline order, using examples from atomic glass formers and model anisotropic particles. |
| spellingShingle | Doye, J Louis, A Lin, I Allen, L Noya, E Wilber, A Kok, H Lyus, R Controlling crystallization and its absence: proteins, colloids and patchy models. |
| title | Controlling crystallization and its absence: proteins, colloids and patchy models. |
| title_full | Controlling crystallization and its absence: proteins, colloids and patchy models. |
| title_fullStr | Controlling crystallization and its absence: proteins, colloids and patchy models. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Controlling crystallization and its absence: proteins, colloids and patchy models. |
| title_short | Controlling crystallization and its absence: proteins, colloids and patchy models. |
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