Molecular modeling has become a cornerstone of many disciplines, including soft matter physics. However, the quality of predictions critically depends on the employed model that defines particle interactions. A class of models with tremendous success in recent years are neural … Read More

Line tension is the tension generated at the three-phase contact line by the interaction between the phases, and is usually negligible at large sizes while becoming important at smaller scales. In this talk I will introduce the concept and show … Read More

Lipids are amphiphilic molecules and tend to self-assemble into various supramolecular formations. The most eminent among them is the lipid bilayer - also a continuous barrier around all cells. Some surfaces have the ability to unfold the bilayer and "coat" … Read More

Binary or ternary mixtures of lipids and cholesterol featuring liquid-ordered (Lo) domains serve as model systems for studying the formation of lipid rafts in complex biological membranes. In the talk, I will present a new lattice model of a binary mixture of saturated DPPC … Read More