Goldstein Lab

Teaching

Biological Physics (Part III, Michaelmas 2011)

Examples Classes

• 1 November, MR14: 4:00-6:00 p.m.
• 10 November, Small Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Lab: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
• 15 November, MR14: 4:00-6:00 p.m.
• 24 November, Small Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Lab: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
• 30 November, MR2: 4:00-6:00 p.m.
• 4 January, MRX: X:00-X:00 p.m.

Example Sheets

• Example Sheet 1
• Example Sheet 2
• Example Sheet 3
• Example Sheet 4

Supplementary Reading

van der Waals forces

• B.R. Holstein, "The van der Waals interaction," Am. J. Phys. 69, 441-449 (2000).
• H.C. Hamaker, "The London-van der Waals attraction between spherical particles," Physica 4, 1058-1072 (1937).
• B.M. Axilrod and E. Teller, "Interaction of the van der Waals type between three atoms," J. Chem. Phys. 11, 299-300 (1943).
• K.K. Mon, N.W. Ashcroft, and G.V. Chester, "Core polarization and the structure of simple metals," Phys. Rev. B 19, 5103-5122 (1979).

Charged Membranes

• M. Winterhalter and W. Helfrich, "Effect of surface charge on the curvature elasticity of membranes," J. Phys. Chem. 92, 6865-6867 (1988).
• H.N.W. Lekkerkerker, "Contribution of the electric double layer to the curvature elasticity of charged amphiphilic monolayers," Physica A 159, 319-328 (1989).
• D.J. Mitchell and B.W. Ninham, "Curvature elasticity of charged membranes," Langmuir 5, 1121-1123 (1989).
• R.E. Goldstein, A.I. Pesci, and V. Romero-Rochin, "Electric double layers near modulated surfaces," Phys. Rev. A 41, 5504-5515 (1990).
• B. Duplantier, R.E. Goldstein, V. Romero-Rochin, and A.I. Pesci, "Geometrical and topological aspects of electric double layers near curved surfaces," Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 508-511 (1990).

Hydration Repulsion

• S. Marcelja and N. Radic, "Repulsion of Interfaces due to Boundary Water," Chem. Phys. Lett. 42, 129-130 (1976).

Manning Condensation

• G.S. Manning, "Limiting Laws and Counterion Condensation in Polyelectrolyte Solutions I. Colligative Properties," J. Chem. Phys. 51, 924-933 (1969).

Brownian Motion

• R. Brown, "A brief account of microscopical observations made in the months of June, July and August, 1827, on the particles contained in the pollen of plants; and on the general existence of active molecules in organic and inorganic bodies," Phil. Mag. 4, 161-173 (1828).
• A. Einstein, "Investigations on the theory of the Brownian movement," Ann. d. Phys. 17, 549 (1905).

Entropic Forces

• M.E. Fisher, "Walls, walks, wetting, and melting," J. Stat. Phys. 34, 667-729 (1984).

Elastohydrodynamics

• K.E. Machin, "Wave propagation along flagella," J. Exp. Biol. 35, 796-806 (1958).
• C.H. Wiggins, D. Riveling, A. Ott, and R.E. Goldstein, "Trapping and wiggling: elastohydrodynamics of driven microfilaments," Biophys. J. 74, 1043-1060 (1998).
• C. Levinthal and H.R. Crane, "On the Unwinding of DNA," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 42, 436-438 (1956).
• C.W. Wolgemuth, T.R. Powers, and R.E. Goldstein, "Twirling and Whirling: Viscous Dynamics of Rotating Elastic Filaments," Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1623-1626 (2000).
• R.E. Goldstein, T.R. Powers, and C.H. Wiggins, "Viscous Nonlinear Dynamics of Twist and Writhe," Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 5232-5235 (1998).

Buckling Filaments

• M. Elbaum, D.K. Fygenson, and A. Libchaber, "Buckling Microtubules in Vesicles," Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4078-4081 (1996).

Chemoreception

• H.C. Berg and E.M. Purcell, "Physics of chemoreception," Biophys. J. 20, 193-219 (1977).

Pattern Formation

• A.M. Turing, "The chemical basis of morphogenesis," Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 237, 37-72 (1952).
• Q. Ouyang and H.L. Swinney, "Transition from a uniform state to hexagonal and striped turing patterns," Nature 352, 610-612 (1991).
• K.J. Lee, W.D. McCormick, Q. Ouyang, and H.L. Swinney, "Pattern formation by interacting chemical fronts," Science 261, 192-194 (1993).
• R.E.Goldstein, D.M. Petrich, and D.J. Muraki, "Interface proliferation and the growth of labyrinths in a reaction-diffusion system," Phys. Rev. E 53, 3933-3957 (1996).