Low dimensional structures in the non-trivial topological phase can host in-gap Majorana bound states, identified experimentally as zero-bias peaks differential conductance. Theoretical methods for studying modes are mostly based on bulk-boundary correspondence or exact diagonalization of finite systems via, e.g., Bogoliubov-de Gennes formalism. In this paper, we develop an efficient method ide...

Connective-tissue cells produce a family of metalloproteinases which, once activated, can degrade all the components of the extracellular matrix. These potent-enzymes are all inhibited by the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP), and it was thought that the levels of this inhibitor controlled the extracellular activity of these enzymes. We recently detected a new metalloproteinase inhi...

To interpret ultrafast dynamics experiments on large molecules, computer simulation is required due to the complex response to the laser field. We present a method capable of efficiently computing the static electronic response of large systems to external electric fields. This is achieved by extending the density-functional tight binding method to include larger basis sets and by multipole exp...