arXiv:2401.00203
In polar active matter, topological defects show anomalous coarsening.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Self-diffusion of lipids becomes temperature independent in the presence of active fluctuations.
Biophysics
Royal Society Open Science; arXiv:2212.02880
We study how the connectivity of a network affects opinion dynamics.
Nonlinear Dynamics, Spin Model
Biophysical Journal
We study how spatial heterogeneity of the actin cytoskeleton affects the lifetime of protein nanoclusters on the plasma membrane.
Biophysics, Cell signaling
LANL internal report
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.11.335042v1
We investigate how transport of molecules impact information transmission during cell signaling.
Biophysics, Cell signaling
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PNAS
We investigate how the lipid environment of the protein KRAS affect its function.
Biophysics, Cell signaling
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Physical Review X
Simulations show that molecular diffusion on 2D biological surfaces can lead to reaction rates that depend nontrivially on concentrations, an insight with profound impacts on the stability of certain biomolecular systems.
Biophysics, Cell signaling
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Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Biophysics, Cell signaling
Biophysical Journal
Signaling protein dimerization can be detected through kinetic measurements.
Biophysics, Cell signaling
Physical Review E, Editor's suggestion, Winner of 2021 Oppenheim Award from APS
In complex chemical reaction networks, self-replication occurs mainly through cooperating cycles. Self-replication through isolated cycles is rare.
Biomimetic Materials, Self-replication
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EPJ Web of Conferences 140, 09045 (2017)
Clustering analysis of points in force tile network indicates that discontinuous shear thickening may be a dynamic phase transition.
Granular Materials
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Phys. Rev. E 93, 042901
The shape and arrangement of the Maxwell-Cremona tiling explains the rigidity of dry granular materials and uncovers hidden scaling behavior.
Granular Materials
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Brandeis University
We explore the microscopic details of how shear stress gives rise to solid like behavior in granular materials and dense suspensions.
Granular Materials
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Physical Review E, 2015
We model the phenomenology of shear jamming and shear thickening using a three-state random field Ising model.
Granular Materials
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 068301
The origin of shear jamming in granular materials can be explained through the shape and arrangement of Maxwell-Cremona tiles.
Granular Materials
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Euro Phys. Lett., 99 (2012) 18004
Driven random spring model captures the mechanistic aspects of cell-migration.
Biophysics, Granular Materials
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Chaos, 20, 043108 (2010)
Optimal amount of spatial movement enhances synchronization time.
Nonlinear Dynamics
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