Correction: Phase behavior of patchy colloids confined in patchy porous media.

Correction for 'Phase behavior of patchy colloids confined in patchy porous media' by Yurij V. Kalyuzhnyi , , 2024, , 4668-4677, https://doi.org/10.

Phase behavior of patchy colloids confined in patchy porous media.

A simple model for functionalized disordered porous media is proposed and the effects of confinement on self-association, percolation and phase behavior of a fluid of patchy particles are studied. The media are formed by randomly distributed hard-sphere obstacles fixed in space and decorated by a certain number of off-center square-well sites. The properties of the fluid of patchy particles, represented by the fluid of hard spheres each bearing a set of the off-center square-well sites, are studied using an appropriate combination of the scaled particle theory for the porous media, Wertheim's thermodynamic perturbation theory, and Flory-Stockmayer theory.

Protein Association in Solution: Statistical Mechanical Modeling.

Protein molecules associate in solution, often in clusters beyond pairwise, leading to liquid phase separations and high viscosities. It is often impractical to study these multi-protein systems by atomistic computer simulations, particularly in multi-component solvents. Instead, their forces and states can be studied by liquid state statistical mechanics.

Behaviour of the model antibody fluid constrained by rigid spherical obstacles: Effects of the obstacle-antibody attraction.

This study investigates the behaviour of a fluid of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) when trapped in a confinement represented by rigid spherical obstacles that attract antibodies. The antibody molecule is depicted as an assembly of seven hard spheres (7-bead model), organized to resemble a -shaped object. The model antibody has two Fab and one Fc domains located in the corners of letter .

Empty liquid state and re-entrant phase behavior of the patchy colloids confined in porous media.

Patchy colloids with three and four equivalent patches, confined in an attractive random porous medium, undergo re-entrant gas-liquid phase separation with the liquid phase density approaching zero at low temperatures. The (bonding) colloid-colloid interaction causes the liquid-gas phase separation, which is modulated by the presence of the randomly distributed hard-sphere obstacles, attracting the colloids via Yukawa potential. Due to this interaction, a layer of mutually bonded colloids around the obstacles is formed.