The group has a strong background and has made important advances in the study of the fundamental mechanisms governing nucleation processes, viral self-assembly, and self-assembly out of equilibrium. Our general objectives are the quantification of the interactions and the prediction of the conditions and rate of self-assembly of real viruses; the development of a quantitative theory of condensation and cavitation; the investigation of potential mechanisms to alter the fate of the assembly such as the use of templates, scaffolding proteins, or out of equilibrium influences; and the study of the influence of dissipation in the self-assembly of enantiomers and cancer structures.
