Physics of Microscopic Machines

Presentations

• Design principles for functional nanomachines: if biology can do it, why can't we?

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: Hübl and Goodrich. Accessing Semiaddressable Self Assembly with Efficient Structure Enumeration. Phys. Rev. Lett., 134, 058204 (2025).
  Hübl, Videbæk, Hayakawa, Rogers, and Goodrich. A polyhedral structure controls programmable self-assembly. Nature Physics (in press).
  Hübl and Goodrich. Simultaneous optimization of assembly time and yield in programmable self-assembly. arXiv:2510.07876 (2025).
  Ehrmann and Goodrich. Controlling energy delivery with bistable nanostructures. arXiv:2506.14266 (2025).
  Ehrmann, Krstić, Samadzadeh, and Goodrich. Designing bistable nanostructures for target behavior. In preparation.

  Presenters

  • Carl Goodrich

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  Authors

  • Carl Goodrich

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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• It Takes Two to Make a Thing Go Right: Boosting Current in Coupled Motors

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Todd Gingrich

    • Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Todd Gingrich

    • Northwestern University

  • Geyao Gu

  • L. Andrew Alvarez

  • John Strahan

    • Northwestern University

  • Alex Albaugh

  • Emanuele Penocchio

    • Northwestern University

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• Information thermodynamics and Maxwell's demon in cellular ion pumps

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Publication: arXiv:2506.11248

  Presenters

  • David Sivak

    • Simon Fraser University

  Authors

  • Julian Jimenez-Paz

  • Matthew Leighton

    • Yale University

  • David Sivak

    • Simon Fraser University

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• Developing a consistent model for simulating mechanical and chemical degrees of freedom of stepping kinesin

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann

    • University of Akron

  Authors

  • Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann

    • University of Akron

  • Matthew Murrow

    • Vanderbilt University

  • Casper Laakso

    • University of Akron

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• Optimizing Molecular Motors Fueled By Chiral Transitions

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • John Strahan

    • Northwestern University

  Authors

  • John Strahan

    • Northwestern University

  • Todd Gingrich

    • Northwestern University

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  March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:06 PM

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• Maxwell's demon with dementia -- the deterioration of information transcription

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Publication: "Maxwell's demon with dementia - deterioration of information transcription" - Williams, M., Doucet, E., Deffner, S.
  "Work and information processing in a solvable model of Maxwell's demon" - Mandal, D., Jarzynski, C.

  Presenters

  • Maggie Williams

    • University of Maryland Baltimore County

  Authors

  • Maggie Williams

    • University of Maryland Baltimore County

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• Solving Boolean Satisfiability with Allosteric Reaction Networks

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Aidan Zentner

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Aidan Zentner

    • Harvard University

  • Francesco Mottes

    • Harvard University

  • Michael Brenner

    • Harvard University

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• Programmable magnetoelastic energy landscapes for autonomous microscopic machines

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Melody Lim

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Melody Lim

    • Cornell University

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• Spiraling together: Inducing aggregation in simulated microscopic robots through communication using excitable dynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Matthew Velardi

    • Drexel University

  Authors

  • Matthew Velardi

    • Drexel University

  • Bryan VanSaders

    • Drexel University

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  March 18, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 6:06 PM

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