Bibliografic database on Semiconductors, Heterostructures and Biophysics

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

• Stretching, Unfolding, and Deforming Protein Filaments Adsorbed at Solid-Liquid Interfaces Using the Tip of an Atomic-Force Microscope
  Douglas B. Staple, Marko Loparic, Hans Jürgen Kreuzer, and Laurent Kreplak
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 128302 (2009)
• Velocity convergence of free energy surfaces from single-molecule measurements using Jarzynski�s equality
  Nolan C. Harris and Ching-Hwa Kiang
  Phys. Rev. E 79, 041912 (2009)
• Model for Stretching and Unfolding the Giant Multidomain Muscle Protein Using Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy
  Douglas B. Staple, Stephen H. Payne, Andrew L. Reddin, and Hans J�rgen Kreuzer
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 248301 (2008)
• Mechanisms and Dynamics of Protein Clustering on a Solid Surface
  P. A. Mulheran, D. Pellenc, R. A. Bennett, R. J. Green, and M. Sperrin
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 068102 (2008)
• Strength limit of entropic elasticity in beta-sheet protein domains
  Sinan Keten and Markus J. Buehler
  Phys. Rev. E 78, 061913 (2008)
• Elastic modulus of viral nanotubes
  Yue Zhao, Zhibin Ge, and Jiyu Fang
  Phys. Rev. E 78, 031914 (2008)
• Conductivity of Langmuir-Blodgett films of a disk-shaped liquid-crystalline molecule
  Alpana Nayak and K. A. Suresh
  Phys. Rev. E 78, 021606 (2008)
• Modifications in solvent clusters embedded along the fibers of a cellulose polymer network cause paper degradation
  Marco De Spirito, Mauro Missori, Massimiliano Papi, Giuseppe Maulucci, Jose Teixeira, Carlo Castellano, and Giuseppe Arcovito
  Phys. Rev. E 77, 041801 (2008)
• Dynamic light scattering and atomic force microscopy imaging on fragments of β -connectin from human cardiac muscle
  S. Marchetti, F. Sbrana, R. Raccis, L. Lanzi, C. M. C. Gambi, M. Vassalli, B. Tiribilli, A. Pacini, and A. Toscano
  Phys. Rev. E 77, 021910 (2008)
• Langevin computer simulations of bacterial protein filaments and the force-generating mechanism during cell division
  I. Hörger, E. Velasco, J. Mingorance, G. Rivas, P. Tarazona, and M. Vélez
  Phys. Rev. E 77, 011902 (2008)
• Electrical conductivity of double stranded DNA measured with ac impedance spectroscopy
  Jiaxiong Wang
  Phys. Rev. B 78, 245304 (2008)
• Direct Measurements of Base Stacking Interactions in DNA by Single-Molecule Atomic-Force Spectroscopy
  Changhong Ke, Michael Humeniuk, Hanna S-Gracz, and Piotr E. Marszalek
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 018302 (2007)
• Wormlike Chain Theory and Bending of Short DNA
  Alexey K. Mazur
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 218102 (2007)
• Probing Persistence in DNA Curvature Properties with Atomic Force Microscopy
  J. Moukhtar, E. Fontaine, C. Faivre-Moskalenko, and A. Arneodo
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 178101 (2007)
• Fractal Dimension and Localization of DNA Knots
  Erika Ercolini, Francesco Valle, Jozef Adamcik, Guillaume Witz, Ralf Metzler, Paolo De Los Rios, Joaquim Roca, and Giovanni Dietler
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 058102 (2007)
• Molecular Scale Imaging of F-Actin Assemblies Immobilized on a Photopolymer Surface
  Taiji Ikawa, Fumihiko Hoshino, Osamu Watanabe, Youli Li, Philip Pincus, and Cyrus R. Safinya
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 018101 (2007)
• Theory of conformational transitions of viral shells
  Thomas Guérin and Robijn Bruinsma
  Phys. Rev. E 76, 061911 (2007)
• Nanoscale electrical conductivity of the purple membrane monolayer
  I. Casuso, L. Fumagalli, J. Samitier, E. Padrós, L. Reggiani, V. Akimov, and G. Gomila
  Phys. Rev. E 76, 041919 (2007)
• Nonlinear finite-element analysis of nanoindentation of viral capsids
  Melissa M. Gibbons and William S. Klug
  Phys. Rev. E 75, 031901 (2007)
• Scaling Exponent and Kuhn Length of Pinned Polymers by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy
  Ferdinand Kühner, Matthias Erdmann, and Hermann E. Gaub
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 218301 (2006)
• Condensation Transition in DNA -Polyaminoamide Dendrimer Fibers Studied Using Optical Tweezers
  F. Ritort, S. Mihardja, S. B. Smith, and C. Bustamante
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 118301 (2006)
• Single Molecule Unzipping of Coiled Coils: Sequence Resolved Stability Profiles
  Thomas Bornschl�gl and Matthias Rief
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 118102 (2006)
• Scaling Exponents and Probability Distributions of DNA End-to-End Distance
  Francesco Valle, M�lanie Favre, Paolo De Los Rios, Angelo Rosa, and Giovanni Dietler
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 158105 (2005)
• Highly Stretched Single Polymers: Atomic -Force -Microscope Experiments Versus Ab-Initio Theory
  Thorsten Hugel, Matthias Rief, Markus Seitz, Hermann E. Gaub, and Roland R. Netz
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 048301 (2005)
• Apparent persistence length renormalization of bent DNA
  Igor M. Kuli?, Herv� Mohrbach, Vladimir Lobaskin, Rochish Thaokar, and Helmut Schiessel
  Phys. Rev. E 72, 041905 (2005)
• Localization of excitons by molecular layer formation in a polymer film
  S. Chattopadhyay and A. Datta
  Phys. Rev. B 72, 155418 (2005)
• Molecular dynamics simulations of the indentation of a crystalline surface by an atomic force microscope tip
  R. Ferrando, M. Andrei, A. Relini, R. Rolandi, and A. Gliozzi
  Phys. Rev. B 72, 045412 (2005)
• Ordered Self-Assembled Monolayers of Peptide Nucleic Acids with DNA Recognition Capability
  C. Briones, E. Mateo-Marti, C. G�mez-Navarro, V. Parro, E. Rom�n, and J. A. Mart�n-Gago
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 208103 (2004)
• Atomic force microscopy contact, tapping, and jumping modes for imaging biological samples in liquids
  F. Moreno-Herrero, J. Colchero, J. Gómez-Herrero, and A. M. Baró
  Phys. Rev. E 69, 031915 (2004)
• Induced nanoscale deformations in polymers using atomic force microscopy
  Sergei F. Lyuksyutov, Pavel B. Paramonov, Ruslan A. Sharipov, and Grigori Sigalov
  Phys. Rev. B 70, 174110 (2004)
• Tip-enhanced near-field Raman analysis of tip-pressurized adenine molecule
  Hiroyuki Watanabe, Yasuhito Ishida, Norihiko Hayazawa, Yasushi Inouye, and Satoshi Kawata
  Phys. Rev. B 69, 155418 (2004)
• Electrical-Thermal Switching in Carbon-Black
  D. Azulay, M. Eylon, O. Eshkenazi, D. Toker, M. Balberg, N. Shimoni, O. Millo, and I. Balberg
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 236601 (2003)
• Dissipating step bunches during crystallization under transport control
  Hong Lin, S.-T. Yau, and Peter G. Vekilov
  Phys. Rev. E 67, 031606 (2003)
• Protein -induced morphological transitions in KCl crystal growth
  Bálint Szabó and Tamás Vicsek
  Phys. Rev. E 67, 011908 (2003)
• Microscopics of Complexation between Long DNA Molecules and Positively Charged Colloids
  K. Keren, Y. Soen, G. Ben Yoseph, R. Gilad, E. Braun, U. Sivan, and Y. Talmon
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 088103 (2002)
• Molecular relaxation and microscopic structure of multilayers and superlattices of a photosensitive liquid-crystalline polymer
  L. Cristofolini, M. P. Fontana, T. Berzina, and O. Konovalov
  Phys. Rev. E 66, 041801 (2002)
• Configurational entropy and mechanical properties of cross-linked polymer chains: Implications for protein and RNA folding
  Dmitrii E. Makarov and Gregory J. Rodin
  Phys. Rev. E 66, 011908 (2002)
• Force and kinetic barriers to initiation of DNA unzipping
  Simona Cocco, R�mi Monasson, and John F. Marko
  Phys. Rev. E 65, 041907 (2002)
• Histone Core Slips along DNA and Prefers Positioning at the Chain End
  Takahiro Sakaue, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Shige H. Yoshimura, and Kunio Takeyasu
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 078105 (2001)
• Molecular Mechanisms of Crystallization and Defect Formation
  S.-T. Yau, Bill R. Thomas, and Peter G. Vekilov
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 353 (2000)
• Bacterial turgor pressure can be measured by atomic force microscopy
  Markus Arnoldi, Monika Fritz, Edmund Bäuerlein, Manfred Radmacher, Erich Sackmann, and Alexei Boulbitch
  Phys. Rev. E 62, 1034 (2000)
• Growth kinetics of a nanoprotuberance under the action of an oscillating nanotip
  J. P. Aimé, D. Michel, R. Boisgard, and L. Nony
  Phys. Rev. B 59, 2407 (1999)
• Evidence for Capillary Waves on Dewetted Polymer Film Surfaces: A Combined X-ray and Atomic Force Microscopy Study
  M. Tolan, O. H. Seeck, J.-P. Schlomka, W. Press, J. Wang, S. K. Sinha, Z. Li, M. H. Rafailovich, and J. Sokolov
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2731 (1998)
• Deflection of a cell membrane under application of a local force
  A. A. Boulbitch
  Phys. Rev. E 57, 2123 (1998)
• Atomic -force -microscopy studies of phase separations in macromolecular systems
  Yu. G. Kuznetsov, A. J. Malkin, and A. McPherson
  Phys. Rev. B 58, 6097 (1998)
• Dynamic light scattering in polymer -dispersed liquid crystals
  A. Mertelj, L. Spindler, and M. Čopič
  Phys. Rev. E 56, 549 (1997)
• Static and dynamic profiles of tethered polymer layers probed by analyzing the noise of an atomic force microscope
  Andreas Roters, Martin Gelbert, Martin Schimmel, Jürgen Rühe, and Diethelm Johannsmann
  Phys. Rev. E 56, 3256 (1997)
• Tribological behavior of a polymer grafted on silanized silica probed with a nanotip
  T. Bouhacina, J. P. Aimé, S. Gauthier, D. Michel, and V. Heroguez
  Phys. Rev. B 56, 7694 (1997)
• Investigation of Virus Crystal Growth Mechanisms by In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy
  A. J. Malkin, T. A. Land, Yu. G. Kuznetsov, A. McPherson, and J. J. DeYoreo
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2778 (1995)
• Bundle Formation of Polymers with an Atomic Force Microscope in Contract Mode: A Friction Versus Peeling Process
  Z. Elkaakour, J. P. Aimé, T. Bouhacina, C. Odin, and T. Masuda
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 3231 (1994)
• Atomic -force -microscope study of polymer lubricants on silicon surfaces
  C. Mathew Mate
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 3323 (1992)
• Measuring adhesion, attraction, and repulsion between surfaces in liquids with an atomic-force microscope
  A. L. Weisenhorn, P. Maivald, H.-J. Butt, and P. K. Hansma
  Phys. Rev. B 45, 11226 (1992)
• Ab initio study of the interaction of polyoxymethylene with polyoxymethylene, ammonium perchlorate, and the aluminum (100) surface
  M. Seel, A. B. Kunz, and D. T. Wadiak
  Phys. Rev. B 37, 8915 (1988)