Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

Polymer physics by quantum computing Authors: C. Micheletti, P. Hauke, and P. Faccioli Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 080501 (2021), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.080501 Recommended with a commentary by Alexander Y. Grosberg , New York University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2025_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2025_02

1. Properties of Rouse polymers with actively driven regions Authors: Dino Osmanovic J. Chem. Phys. 149, 164911 (2018), DOI: 10.1063/1.5045686 2. Delayed Excitations Induce Polymer Looping and Coherent Motion Authors: Andriy Goychuk, Deepti Kannan, and Mehran Kardar Phys Rev Lett, v. 133, 078101 (2024), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.0781016 3. Role of Charge Sequence in Polyampholyte Aggregation Authors: […]

Driving force and pathway in polyelectrolyte complex coacervation Authors: Shensheng Chen and Zhen-Gang Wang PNAS, v. 119, n. 36, p. e2209975119 (2022); DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2209975119 Recommended with a commentary by Alexander Y. Grosberg , New York University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2023_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2023_01

1. Effects of topological constraints on linked ring polymers in solvents of varying quality Authors: Z. Dehaghani, I. Chubak, C. Likos, and M. Ejtehadi Soft Matter 16, p. 3029 (2020); DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02374G 2. Circular Polycatenanes: Supramolecular Structures with Topologically Tunable Properties Authors: L. Tubiana, F. Ferrari, and E. Orlandini Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 227801 (2022); […]

Minimal quantum viscosity from fundamental physical constants Authors: K. Trachenko and V. V. Brazhkin Science Advances, 6, eaba 3747 (2020); DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba3747 Recommended with a commentary by Alexander Y. Grosberg, New York University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2022_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2022_01

Odd Diffusivity of Chiral Random Motion Authors: Cory Hargus, Jeffrey M. Epstein, and Kranthi K. Mandadapu Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 178001 (2021); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.178001 arXiv:2103.09958 Recommended with a commentary by Alexander Y. Grosberg, New York University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2021_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_October_2021_03

Brownian flights over a circle Authors: Alexander Vladimirov, Senya Shlosman, and Sergei Nechaev Phys. Rev. E 102, 012124 (2020); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.012124 Recommended with a commentary by Alexander Y. Grosberg, New York University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2021_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2021_03

Entropic Effects in Cell Lineage Tree Packings Authors: Jasmin Imran Alsous, Paul Villoutreix, Norbert Stoop, Stanislav Y. Shvartsman, and Jörn Dunkel Nature Physics, 14, 1016 (2018), DOI: 10.1038/s41567-018-0202-0 Recommended with a commentary by Alexander Y. Grosberg, New York University |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2020_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2020_01

Langevin Dynamics with Space-Time Periodic Nonequilibrium Forcing Authors: R. Joubaud, G. A. Pavliotis, and G. Stoltz Journal of Statistical Physics, v. 158, n. 1, pp. 1-36, 2015 Recommended with a commentary by Alexander Y. Grosberg, New York University. |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2018_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2018_02

Colloquium: Toward living matter with colloidal particles Authors: Zorana Zeravcic, Vinothan N. Manoharan, and Michael P. Brenner Reviews of Modern Physics 89, 031001 (2017) Recommended with a commentary by Alexander Y. Grosberg, New York University. |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2018_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2018_03

Spontaneous emergence of autocatalytic information-coding polymers. Authors: Alexei V. Tkachenko and Sergei Maslov. J. Chem. Phys. 143,045102(2015) Recommended with a commentary by Alexander Grosberg, NYU. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2015_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_December_2015_01

Organizers: Alexander GrosbergNew York University Chandra M. Varma, Chief organizerEmeritus, University of California, Riverside Advisory Committee: Paul Chaikin, NYU Steven Girvin, Yale University Andrew Millis, Columbia University Correspondents in the last two years: Ram M. Adar, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | View Contributions | Daniel F. Agterberg , University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee […]