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    Physics of viral dynamics

    Viral capsids are often regarded as inert structural units, but in actuality they display fascinating dynamics during different stages of their life cycle. With the advent of single-particle approaches and hig...

    Robijn F. Bruinsma, Gijs J. L. Wuite, Wouter H. Roos in Nature Reviews Physics (2021)

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    Chiral Symmetry Breaking and Pattern Formation in Two-Dimensional Films

    Thin films of organic molecules, such as Langmuir monolayers and freely suspended smectic films, can exhibit a spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry. This chiral symmetry breaking can occur through at least ...

    Jonathan V. Selinger, Zhen-Gang Wang, Robijn F. Bruinsma in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1992)

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    A New Mechanism for Lubrication in Liquid Crystals

    Recent synchrotron X-ray scattering studies on the thermotropic liquid crystal lubricant 8CB under shear flow have shown that for high shear rates the smectic layers are oriented perpendicular to the orientati...

    Robijn F. Bruinsma, Cyrus R. Safinya in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1992)