I have recently contributed to a proof of concept study published in the prestigious  Nature Communication Journal (doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03931-4) [1]. The study involved collaborations with experimental groups across the University of Lincoln (UoL), the University of Molise (Italy) and the Royal … Continue reading →

 Danilo Roccatano, Edita Sarukhanyan, and Ronen Zangi The Journal of Chemical Physics 146, 074703 (2017); doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4975689     Cover Page Peptides are versatile molecules with applications spanning from biotechnology to nanomedicine. They exhibit a good capability to unbundle carbon nanotubes (CNT) by improving … Continue reading →

Citrate Synthase (CS) is an enzyme localized in the mitochondria of our cells where it plays an important role in the aerobic respiration cycle by transforming oxaloacetate molecules (on the right side of the picture) in citrate (on the top … Continue reading →

Khadga Jung Karki, Susruta Samanta, and Danilo Roccatano* J. Phys. Chem. B, August 2016 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b06055 Astaxanthin (AXT) is a reference model of xanthophyll carotenoids, which is used in medicine and food industry, and has potential applications in nanotechnology. Because of its importance, there … Continue reading →

Ronen Zangi and Danilo Roccatano Nano Lett. 2016, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00460 Structural order emerging in the liquid state necessitates a critical degree of anisotropy of the molecules. For example, liquid crystals and Langmuir monolayers require rod/disc-shaped and long chain amphiphilic molecules, respectively, … Continue reading →