JOURNAL CLUB


2002 Papers:

April 18
Dave: preprint from dave pine at UCSB on photonic bandgap materials.
Margaret: Comparison of filamin A-induced cross-linking and Arp2/3 complex-mediated branching on the mechanics of actin filaments. Nakamura, Osborn, Janmey, Stossel. J OF BIO CHEM 277(11): 9148. 3-15-02

April 25
Maria: Multiple Glassy States in a Simple Model System
Jaci: same: Pham, Pusey, Schofield, Poon, et al. SCIENCE 296 (5565): 104-106 APR 5 2002

May 2
Darren: Confinement-induced Entropic Recoil of Single DNA Molecules in a Nanofluidic Structure. PRL 88:128103 (2002), Turner, Cabodi, Craighead.
Megan: "Effects of Intermediate Filaments on Actin-Based Motility of Listeria monocytogenes" P Giardini, J Theriot, Biophys Soc J Dec 01.

May 9
Shang: Double Emulsions: A Tool for Probing Thin-Film Metastability. Pays, Leal-Calderon, etal. PRL 87 178305, Oct 5 2001.
Peter: preprint from Paul Bartlett on colloidal particles (JCIS?).

May 16
Alberto: Science 11/8/96, 274: 959-963 Thermally Switchable Periodicities and Diffraction from Mesoscopically Ordered Materials. Weissman, Asher, etal.
Sara: Science 04/02, 296: 718-721 Dynamic Aggregation of Chiral Spinners. Grzybowski & Whitesides.

May 23
Rebecca: PRL 88 20, 208301-1,4 High Resolution Small-Angle X-Ray Diffraction Study of Long-Range Order in Hard-Sphere Colloidal Crystals Petukhov, Lekkerkerker, etal.
Bivash: Science 296 1103 Single-Molecule Optomechanical Cycle. Hugel, Holland, Cattani, Moroder, Seitz, Gaub.

May 30
Itai: 3D Bulk Measurements of Force Distributions in a Compressed Emulsion System. Brujic, Edwards et.al. (preprint)
Vernita: PRL 64 17 2094, 1990, Entropy-driven tension and bending elasticity in condensed-fluid membranes. E. Evans and W. Rawicz.

June 6
(Peter: Nature, The Restorative Effect of naps on Perceptual Detioration. Mednick, Nakayama, etal. Published online: 28 May 2002, doi:10.1038/nn864)
Nicolas: Nature Vol 417 may 2002, Rapidly recovering hydrogel scaffolds from self assembling of diblock copolypepides amphiphiles. Nowak, Breedveld, Pakstis, Ozbas, Pine, Pochan and Deming.
Cliff: Controlling droplet deposition with polymer additives. Bergeron, etal. Nature 405 2000.

June 13
Alois: Optical Projection Tomography, Sharpe, Science 4/19/02.
Sophie: Biophysical Journal July 2002, CARS microscopy, Ji-Xin Cheng and Suney Xie.

June 20
Ani: PolyelectrolytesFabrication of microreaction cages with tailored properties. Lars Dahne, S. Leporatti, E. Donath, H. Mohwald. JACS, 2001, 123, 5431-5436.
Vikram: Ordered Clusters and Dynamical States of Particles in a Vibrated Fluid. PRL 88,234301(4) 2002.

June 27
Yue: Coexistence of liquid and solid phases in flowing soft-glassy materials. Coussot, et al. PRL 88,218301 (2002). AND Brian Hayes, Statistics of Deadly Quarrels, American Scientist, Computing Science.
Eric: Mizumo, Kimura, Hayakawa, PRL 87 (8) 088104 August 7, 2001. Electrophoretic Microrheology in a Dilute Lamellar Phase of a Nonionic Surfactant.

July 11
Suliana: Dynamic structure of thermoreversible colloidal gels of adhesive spheres. Solomon MJ, Varadan P. PRE 63 (5): 051402 Part 1 5/01.

July 18
You-Yeon: Solvent Quality Dependent Interactions and Phase Behavior of Polystyrene Particles with Physisorbed PEO-PPO-PEO, M.A. Bevan, P.J. Scales, Langmuir 2002, 18,1474.

August 1
Dave: Something from Faraday conference papers
Margaret: L. Starrs and P. Bartlett, Colloidal Dynamics in Polymer Solutions, Optical two point microrheology measurements. Cond-mat/0205309, May 15, 2002.

August 8
Jaci: Rejuvenation over aging in a colloidal glass under shear. PRL 89,6,(65701) 2002.
Dave: paper for review, also covered some ZD Cheng et al. Nature. v401 Oct 28, 1999. Controlled Growth of Hard Sphere Colloidal Crystals.

August 22
Maria: Colloid review article, Anderson & Lekkerkerker Nature vol. 416 pp. 811-815 25 April 2002
Megan: Dynamic Force Spectroscopy to Probe the Adhesion Strength of Living Cells, Prechtel, Bausch,...Merkel et al. PRL 89,028101 (2002) and Energy Landscapes of Receptor-ligand bonds explored with dynamic force spectroscopy, Merkel, et al, Evans. Nature 397, p 50-53 (1999)

August 29
Darren: Functional Hydrogel Structures for Autonomous flow control inside microfluidic channels. D.J. Beebe et al. Nature 404, p 588 (2000)
Shang: Polymer Vesicles. D. Discher et al. Science 297, p 967 (2002)

September 5
Alberto: Single Subtrate LC displays by photo-enforced stratification. R. Penterman et al. Nature 417, p.55 (2002)
Rebecca: Photonic Crystals of Shape-Anisotropic Colloidal Particles. K.R. Velikov et al. (van Blaaderen). Applied Physics Letters 81, 5, p 838 (2002).

September 12
Bivash: Light streak trapping of optically trapped microdisks Z. Cheng, P.M. Chaikin and T.G. Mason PRL 89 108303 (2002)
Nicolas:Self-Assembly of Flat Nanodiscs in Salt-Free Catanionic Surfactant Solutions Th. Zemb, M. Dubois, B. Deme, Th. Gulik-Krzywicki Science, 283, pp 816-819 (1999)

September 19
Vernita:
Reaction-diffusion model for the growth of avascular tumor S. C. Ferreira, Jr., M. L. Martins, and M. J. Vilela Phys Rev E, vol 65, article 021907

September 26
Itai: Molecular dynamics simulation of the ice nucleation and growth process leading to water freezing. M. Matsumoto, S. Saito and I. Ohmine Nature vol416 p.409 march 2002
Cliff: Stephan Wolfram 'A New Kind of Science' (book).

October 4
Peter:Biomimetic Synthesis and Optimization of Cyclic Peptide Antibiotics. R.M. Kohil et al. Nature 418, 658 (2002)
Eric:Spiral Cracks in Drying Precipitates. Z. Neda et al. PRL 88, 095302 (2002).

Oct. 11:
You-yeon: Colloidal Inks for Directed Assembly of 3D Periodic Structures. J. Smay et al. Langmuir 18, p5429 (2002).
Suliana: Formation of geometrically complex lipid nanotube-vesicle networks of higher-order topologies. M. Karlsson et al. (Owe Orwar).

Oct. 18:
Galder:
Ming: Adhesion and Friction Mechanisms of Polymer on Polymer Surfaces. N. Maeda et al. Science 297, 379-382 (2002).

Oct.25:
Dave: Paper for review for Nature on shaped particles from colloids in emulsion drops by Dave Pine.
Margaret: Role of ANC-1 in Tethering Nuclei to the Actin Cytoskeleton. D.A.Starr and M. Han. Science 298, p.406 (2002)

Nov.1:
Maria: Re-entrant Glass Transition on a Colloid-Polymer Mixture with Depletion Attractions. T. Eckert and E Bartsch, PRL 89, 125701-4. (2002).
Jaci: What do we learn from the local geometry of glass-forming liquids? J.Douglas, S. Glotzer (F.Starr et al) PRL 89 (2002).

Nov.8:
Megan: Depletion-mediated Aggregation of Red Blood Cells. B. Neu, H.J. Meisselman. Biophysics Journal, 83, 2442 (2002).
Shang: PRL Preprint. P. Segre, Origin of Stability in Sedimentation.

Nov 15:
Darren:An Experimental System for Imaging the Reversible Absorbtion of amphiphiles at Aquest and Liquid Crystal Interfaces. Brake and Abbott. Langmuir 18, 6101 (2002).
Rebecca:Annealing This Colloidal Crystals with Optical Gradient Forces. Pamela T. Korda and David G. Grier. J. Chem. Phys. 114, 7570 (2001)

Nov 22:
Bivash:Giant Hexagonal superstructures in Diblock-Copolymer Membranes. Haluska, Gozdz, Dobereiner, Forster and Gomper. PRL 89 238302 (2002).
Nicolas:Nature 411, 924 - 927 (2001) Liquid marbles. PASCALE AUSSILLOUS AND DAVID QUIRI

Dec 13:
Eric:"Direct Measurement of Surface Forces Due to Charging of Solids Immersed in a Nonpolar Liquid" Wuge H. Briscoe, Roger G. Horn. Langmuir, 18, 3945-3956 (2002)
Itai:R.B. Srygley and A.L.R.Thomas, Unconventional lift-generating mechanisms in free-flying butterflies. Nature, Volume 420 (2002) p. 660

Dec 20:
Cliff:Costa KD, Hucker WJ, Yin FC. Buckling of actin stress fibers: a new wrinkle in the cytoskeletal tapestry. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 2002 Aug;52(4):266-74.
Peter L.:In Vivo Imaging of Quantum Dots Encapsulated in Phospholipid Micelles" Dubertret et al, _Science_ 298, 1759 (2002)