Protein-nanoparticle associations have important applications in nanoscienceand nanotechnology but the recognition mechanisms and determinantsof specificity are still poorly understood at microscopic level. Crucialquestions remain open, related to association mechanisms, control ofbinding events, preservation of functionality. Gold is a promising materialin nanoparticles for nanobiotechnology b...

In diffusion social learning over weakly-connected graphs, it has been shown recently that influential agents shape the beliefs of non-influential agents. This paper analyzes this mechanism more closely and addresses two main questions. First, article examines how much freedom have in controlling receiving agents, namely, whether can be driven to arbitrary network structure limits scope control...