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We use computer simulation and formal theory to study the fascinating phenomenon of molecular self-assembly: the spontaneous and reversible aggregation of molecules into a wide variety of structures. Self-assembly is common in biological systems, and also provides a useful approach to the synthesis of materials with nanoscale features. Our research goals are to understand and predict how the sizes, shapes, and various other properties of self-assembled structures depend on the chemical structures of their constituents and on conditions of temperature, pressure and concentration. Using a range of theoretical and computational tools (e.g. molecular dynamics, Brownian dynamics, Monte Carlo, and statistical thermodynamics) we can learn both how a molecule's structure influences local packing and how local effects give rise to mesoscale structure and bulk phase behavior.
(Pictured above - Front row from left: Fuchang Yin, Kanwei Li, Patrick Coppock, Hao Wang, James Kindt, Jacob Gissy and Ana West. Back row: High-performance Linux clusters.) Kindt Group on Youtube:
Cholesterol in a
Lipid Bilayer
Financial support for the Kindt group research activities provided by NSF grants CHE-0911285, CHE-0616383, and CHE-0316076.
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