Search Results - "Sevick, EM"

Fluctuation theorems by Sevick, E M, Prabhakar, R, Williams, Stephen R, Searles, Debra J

“…Fluctuation theorems, developed over the past 15 years, have resulted in fundamental breakthroughs in our understanding of how irreversibility emerges from…”
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Experimental demonstration of violations of the second law of thermodynamics for small systems and short time scales by Wang, G M, Sevick, E M, Mittag, Emil, Searles, Debra J, Evans, Denis J

“…We experimentally demonstrate the fluctuation theorem, which predicts appreciable and measurable violations of the second law of thermodynamics for small…”
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Fluctuations and irreversibility: an experimental demonstration of a second-law-like theorem using a colloidal particle held in an optical trap by Carberry, D M, Reid, J C, Wang, G M, Sevick, E M, Searles, Debra J, Evans, Denis J

“…The puzzle of how time-reversible microscopic equations of mechanics lead to the time-irreversible macroscopic equations of thermodynamics has been a paradox…”
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Translation of Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging Technologies: Emerging Clinical Applications by Sevick-Muraca, E.M

“…Technical developments in near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging and tomography have enabled recent translation into investigational human studies…”
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AFM Evidence of Rayleigh Instability in Single Polymer Chains by Haupt, B. J, Senden, T. J, Sevick, E. M

“…We present experimental evidence of the Rayleigh−Plateau instability of a single chain in poor solvent conditions using single molecule force microscopy…”
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Intrathecal drug delivery in the era of nanomedicine by Fowler, M.J., Cotter, J.D., Knight, B.E., Sevick-Muraca, E.M., Sandberg, D.I., Sirianni, R.W.

“…Administration of substances directly into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that surrounds the brain and spinal cord is one approach that can circumvent the…”
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The Detachment of a Polymer Chain from a Weakly Adsorbing Surface Using an AFM Tip by Haupt, B. J, Ennis, J, Sevick, E. M

“…Atomic force microscopy has been used to investigate the detachment of single polymer chains from surfaces and to measure the picoNewton forces required to…”
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A unified description of two theorems in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics: The fluctuation theorem and the work relation by Reid, J. C, Sevick, E. M, Evans, D. J

“…The fluctuation theorem (FT) and the work relation (WR) are two relations that extend our understanding of thermodynamics to non-equilibrium systems. While…”
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Adaptive finite element based tomography for fluorescence optical imaging in tissue by Joshi, Amit, Bangerth, Wolfgang, Sevick-Muraca, Eva

“…A three-dimensional fluorescence-enhanced optical tomography scheme based upon an adaptive finite element formulation is developed and employed to reconstruct…”
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Compression and Escape of a Star Polymer by Sevick, E. M

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Shear Swelling of Polymer Brushes Grafted onto Convex and Concave Surfaces by Sevick, E. M

“…The shear response of polymer brushes is explored as a function of grafting surface curvature using the Alexander−deGennes ansatz, where the free ends of the…”
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Fluorescence-enhanced, near infrared diagnostic imaging with contrast agents by Sevick-Muraca, Eva M, Houston, Jessica P, Gurfinkel, Michael

“…The deep tissue propagation of near-infrared (NIR) light between 700–900 nm offers new opportunities for diagnostic imaging when employing sensitive detection…”
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Microvascular architecture in a mammary carcinoma : branching patterns and vessel dimensions by LESS, J. R, SKALAK, T. C, SEVICK, E. M, JAIN, R. K

“…The objective of this work was to introduce a tumor vessel classification scheme and to provide the first quantitative measurements of vessel branching…”
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Developments toward diagnostic breast cancer imaging using near-infrared optical measurements and fluorescent contrast agents by Hawrysz, D J, Sevick-Muraca, E M

“…The use of near-infrared (NIR) light to interrogate deep tissues has enormous potential for molecular-based imaging when coupled with NIR excitable dyes. More…”
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Collision of a Field-Driven Polymer with a Finite-Sized Obstacle:  A Brownian Dynamics Simulation by Saville, P. M, Sevick, E. M

“…We study the problem of a field-driven polymer chain of N monomers of size a colliding with a finite-sized obstacle of radius R in the presence of thermal…”
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Near-infrared optical imaging of epidermal growth factor receptor in breast cancer xenografts by SHI KE, XIAOXIA WEN, GURFINKEL, Michael, CHARNSANGAVEJ, Chusilp, WALLACE, Sidney, SEVICK-MURACA, Eva M, CHUN LI

“…The specificity of a novel epidermal growth factor (EGF)-Cy5.5 fluorescent optical probe in the detection of EGF receptor (EGFr) was assessed using…”
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Compression-Induced Phase Transitions in Water-Soluble Polymer Brushes:  The n-Cluster Model by Sevick, E. M

“…We describe the compression of a water-soluble polymer brush which undergoes compression-induced phase transitions. The solution behavior of the polymer…”
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Compression and Escape of Copolymers of Adsorbing and Nonadsorbing Blocks by Ennis, Sevick, E. M

“…We describe the escape transition of a block copolymer chain compressed between finite-sized obstacles. Two different and independent theoretical methods are…”
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End-Tethered Polymer Chains under AFM Tips:  Compression and Escape in Theta Solvents by Guffond, M. C, Williams, D. R. M, Sevick, E. M

“…We study the problem of an isolated end-grafted polymer chain confined under a finite-sized flat obstacle in a ϑ solvent. For obstacles that are not too large…”
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Polymers Grafted onto Strongly Adsorbing Surfaces in Poor Solvents: Stretching, Fission, Phase Separation, and Globular Micelles in 2D by Sevick, E. M., Williams, D. R. M.

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