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Mechanics of surface area regulation in cells examined with confined lipid membranes. (2011)
Journal Article
Staykova, M., Holmes, D., Read, C., & Stone, H. (2011). Mechanics of surface area regulation in cells examined with confined lipid membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(22), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1102358108

Cells are wrapped in inelastic membranes, yet they can sustain large mechanical strains by regulating their area. The area regulation in cells is achieved either by membrane folding or by membrane exo- and endocytosis. These processes involve complex... Read More about Mechanics of surface area regulation in cells examined with confined lipid membranes..

Ab initio transition state searching in complex systems: Fatty acid decarboxylation in minerals (2011)
Journal Article
Geatches, D., Greenwell, H., & Clark, S. (2011). Ab initio transition state searching in complex systems: Fatty acid decarboxylation in minerals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 115(12), 2658-2667. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp200106x

Because of the importance of mineral catalyzed decarboxylation reactions in both crude oil formation and, increasingly, biofuel production, we present a model study into the decarboxylation of the shortest fatty acid, propionic acid C2H5COOH, into an... Read More about Ab initio transition state searching in complex systems: Fatty acid decarboxylation in minerals.

Conjugate-plane photometry: reducing scintillation in ground-based photometry (2011)
Journal Article
Osborn, J., Wilson, R. W., Dhillon, V., Avila, R., & Love, G. D. (2011). Conjugate-plane photometry: reducing scintillation in ground-based photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 411(2), 1223-1230. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17759.x

High-precision fast photometry from ground-based observatories is a challenge due to intensity fluctuations (scintillation) produced by the Earth's atmosphere. Here we describe a method to reduce the effects of scintillation by a combination of pupil... Read More about Conjugate-plane photometry: reducing scintillation in ground-based photometry.