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Charge 2e skyrmions in bilayer graphene

(2009)

Authors:

DA Abanin, SA Parameswaran, SL Sondhi

Kinetics of Phase Transitions

Chapter in , CRC Press (2009)

Using the Lattice Boltzmann Algorithm to Explore Phase Ordering in Fluids

Chapter in Kinetics of Phase Transitions, Taylor & Francis (2009) 121-152

Authors:

Julia Yeomans, Giuseppe Gonnella

Coarse-graining dynamics for convection-diffusion of colloids: Taylor dispersion

(2009)

Authors:

Jimaan San茅, Ard A Louis, Johan Padding

Self-assembly and evolution of homomeric protein complexes.

Phys Rev Lett 102:11 (2009) 118106

Authors:

Gabriel Villar, Alex W Wilber, Alex J Williamson, Parvinder Thiara, Jonathan PK Doye, Ard A Louis, Mara N Jochum, Anna CF Lewis, Emmanuel D Levy

Abstract:

We introduce a simple "patchy particle" model to study the thermodynamics and dynamics of self-assembly of homomeric protein complexes. Our calculations allow us to rationalize recent results for dihedral complexes. Namely, why evolution of such complexes naturally takes the system into a region of interaction space where (i) the evolutionarily newer interactions are weaker, (ii) subcomplexes involving the stronger interactions are observed to be thermodynamically stable on destabilization of the protein-protein interactions, and (iii) the self-assembly dynamics are hierarchical with these same subcomplexes acting as kinetic intermediates.