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Forces, Growth and Form in Soft Condensed Matter: At the Interface between Physics and Biology

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2004

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  1. A. T. Skjeltorp

    1. Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway
      Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway

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  2. A. V. Belushkin

    1. Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Dubna, Russia

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (NAII, volume 160)

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Table of contents (14 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Physico-Chemical Basis of Self-Assembling Structures

    • Jacob Israelachvili, Ilya Ladyzhinski
    Pages 1-28

  3. Supramolecular Assembly of Biological Molecules

    • Cyrus R Safinya
    Pages 29-50

  4. Simple Examples of Cell Motility

    • J. F. Joanny
    Pages 51-64

  5. Statistical Physics of Unzipping DNA

    • David R. Nelson
    Pages 65-92

  6. Can Theory Predict Two-State Protein Folding Rates? An Experimental Perspective

    • Blake Gillespie, Kevin W. Plaxco
    Pages 93-111

  7. Copolymers with Long-Range Correlations: Sequence Design Near a Surface

    • N. Yu. Starovoitova, P. G. Khalatur, A. R. Khokhlov
    Pages 113-134

  8. Novel approach to the study of rotational and translational diffusion in crystals

    • A. V. Belushkin
    Pages 135-144

  9. The Bacterial Flagellar Motor

    • Richard M. Berry
    Pages 145-164

  10. Self-Assembly and Dynamics of Magnetic Holes

    • A. T. Skjeltorp, J. Akselvoll, K. de Lange Kristiansen, G. Helgesen, R. Toussaint, E. G. Flekkøy et al.
    Pages 165-179

  11. Structures in Molecular Networks

    • K. Sneppen, S. Maslov, K. A. Eriksen
    Pages 181-193

  12. Oscillating Gene Expressions in Regulatory Networks

    • M. H. Jensen, K. Sneppen, G. Tiana
    Pages 195-202

  13. Transport Properties of Segmented Polymers and Non-Spherical Nanoparticles Studied by Brownian Dynamics Simulations

    • S. N. Naess, A. Elgsaeter
    Pages 203-216

  14. Cytokinesis: The Initial Linear Phase Crosses Over to a Multiplicity of Non-Linear Endings

    • David Biron, Pazit Libros, Dror Sagi, David Mirelman, Elisha Moses
    Pages 217-234

  15. Information Dynamics in Living Systems

    • Jarle Breivik
    Pages 235-242

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 243-244
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About this book

This volume comprises the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Geilo, Norway, 24 March - 3 April 2003, the seventeenth ASI in a series held every two years since 1971. The objective of this ASI was to identify and discuss areas where synergism between modern physics, soft condensed matter and biology might be most fruitful. The main pedagogical approach was to have lecturers focussing on basic understanding of important aspects of the relative role of the various interaction- electrostatic, hydrophobic, steric, conformational, van der Waals etc. Soft condensed matter and the connection between physics and biology have been the themes of several earlier Geilo Schools. A return to these subjects thus allowed a fresh look and a possibility for defining new directions for research. Examples of soft materials, which were discussed at this ASI, included colloidal dispersions, gels, biopolymers and charged polymer solutions, polyelectrolytes, protein/membrane complexes, nucleic acids and their complexes. Indeed, most forms of condensed matter are soft and these substances are composed of aggregates and macromolecules, with interactions that are too weak and complex to form crystals spontaneously. A characteristic feature is that small external forces, slight perturbations in temperature, pressure or concentration, can all be enough to induce significant structural changes. Thermal fluctuations are almost by definition strong in soft materials and entropy is a predominant determinant of structure, so that disorder, slow dynamics and plastic deformation are the rule. Hence the phrase ‘soft condensed matter’ has been coined.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway

    A. T. Skjeltorp

  • Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway

    A. T. Skjeltorp

  • Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Dubna, Russia

    A. V. Belushkin

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