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Research: Theoretical Biophysics |
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· Non-Linear Dynamics and Protein Folding · Laser Effects on Biological Tissue and Material Science · Evolution of the Genetic Code |
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Selected Publications
Y. Liu, P. P. Chagagain, J. L. Parra, and B. S. Gerstman
"Lattice model simulation of interchain protein interactions and the folding dynamics and dimerization of the GCN4 leucine zipper"
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 128, 045106, 1-10, 2008.
E. Faraggi and B. S. Gerstman
"Resonant Absorption of Pulsed Laser Radiation by a Spherical Absorber"
Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 123505, 1-15, 2007
P. P. Chapagain, J. L. Parra, B. S. Gerstman and Y. Liu
"Sampling of states for estimating the folding funnel entropy and energy landscape
of a model alpha-helical hairpin peptide"
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 127, 075103, 1-7, 2007.
E. Faraggi, B. S. Gerstman, and J. Sun
"The
Emergence of Chaos in a Laser Irradiated Spherical Absorber"
Chaos, 17, 013101, 2007
P. P. Chapagain and B. S. Gerstman
"Removal of
Kinetic Traps and Enhanced Protein Folding by Strategic Substitution of Amino
Acids in a Model a -helical Hairpin Peptide"
Biopolymers, 81(3), 167-178, 2006.
E. Faraggi, B.S. Gerstman, and J.M. Sun
"Biophysical Effects of Pulsed Lasers in the Retina and Other Biological Tissues With Strongly Absorbing Particles: Shockwave and Explosive Bubble Generation"
Journal of Biomedical Optics, 10(6), 064029, 2005.
B.S.
Gerstman and P. P. Chapagain
"Self-Organization in Protein Folding and the Hydrophobic Interaction"
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 123, 054901, 1-6, 2005.
P. P. Chapagain and B. S. Gerstman
"Excluded Volume Entropic Effects on Protein Unfolding Times and Intermediary Stability"
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 120(5), 2475-2481, 2004.
P. P. Chapagain and B. S. Gerstman
"Finite Size Scaling of Structural Transitions in a Simulated Protein with Secondary and Tertiary Structure"
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 119(2), 1174-1180, 2003.
J. M. Sun, B. S. Gerstman, and B. Li,
ABubble Dynamics and Shock Waves Generated by Laser Absorption of a Photoacoustic Sphere@,
Journal of Applied Physics, 88(5), 2353-2362, 2000.
J. Sun and B. Gerstman,
APhotoacoustic Generation for a Spherical Absorber with Impedance Mismatch with the Surrounding Media@,
Physical Review E, 59(5), 5772-5789, 1999.
B. S. Gerstman and R. D. Glickman,
AActivated Rate Processes and a Specific Biochemical Mechanism for Explaining Delayed Laser Induced Thermal Damage to the Retina@,
Journal of Biomedical Optics, 4(3), 345-351, 1999.
B. Gerstman and Y. Garbourg,
"Structural Information Content and Lyapunov Exponent Calculation in Protein Unfolding", Journal of Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics, 36, 2761-2769, 1998.