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  1. Triggered contraction of self-assembled micron-scale DNA nanotube rings

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jan Kierfeld

  2. Interfacial rheology of linearly growing polyelectrolyte multilayers at the water–air interface: from liquid to solid viscoelasticity

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jan Kierfeld

  3. Elastometry of Complex Fluid Pendant Capsules

    Article • Langmuir, November 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  4. Triggered contraction of self-assembled, micron-scale DNA nanotube rings

    Article • September 2023, Research Square

    Jan Kierfeld

  5. Enhancing robustness, precision, and speed of traction force microscopy with machine learning

    Article • Biophysical Journal, September 2023, Elsevier

    Jan Kierfeld

  6. Dynamics and length distributions of microtubules with a multistep catastrophe mechanism

    Article • New Journal of Physics, January 2023, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  7. Strain stiffening of Ndc80 complexes attached to microtubule plus ends

    Article • Biophysical Journal, November 2022, Elsevier

    Jan Kierfeld

  8. Enhancing Robustness, Precision and Speed of Traction Force Microscopy with Machine Learning

    Article • September 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Jan Kierfeld

  9. Dynamics and length distributions of microtubules with a multistep catastrophe mechanism

    Article • August 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Jan Kierfeld

  10. Strain stiffening of Ndc80 complexes attached to microtubule plus ends

    Article • March 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Jan Kierfeld

  11. Chemomechanical Simulation of Microtubule Dynamics With Explicit Lateral Bond Dynamics

    Article • Frontiers in Physics, May 2021, Frontiers

    Jan Kierfeld

  12. Event-Chain Monte-Carlo Simulations of Dense Soft Matter Systems

    Article • Frontiers in Physics, April 2021, Frontiers

    Jan Kierfeld

  13. Surfactant-loaded capsules as Marangoni microswimmers at the air–water interface: Symmetry breaking and spontaneous propulsion by surfactant diffusion and advection

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jan Kierfeld

  14. From diffusive mass transfer in Stokes flow to low Reynolds number Marangoni boats

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jan Kierfeld

  15. Pressure–deformation relations of elasto-capillary drops (droploons) on capillaries

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jan Kierfeld

  16. Material properties of interfacial films of mucoid and nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, December 2020, Elsevier

    Jan Kierfeld

  17. Pendant drop tensiometry: A machine learning approach

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, September 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Jan Kierfeld

  18. Chaining of hard disks in nematic needles: particle-based simulation of colloidal interactions in liquid crystals

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jan Kierfeld

  19. Bistability and oscillations in cooperative microtubule and kinetochore dynamics in the mitotic spindle

    Article • New Journal of Physics, May 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  20. Snapping elastic disks as microswimmers: swimming at low Reynolds numbers by shape hysteresis

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jan Kierfeld

  21. Material Properties of Interfacial Films of Mucoid and Nonmucoid Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolates

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2020, Elsevier

    Jan Kierfeld

  22. Profilin and formin constitute a pacemaker system for robust actin filament growth

    Article • eLife, October 2019, eLife

    Jan Kierfeld

  23. Shallow shell theory of the buckling energy barrier: From the Pogorelov state to softening and imperfection sensitivity close to the buckling pressure

    Article • February 2019, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  24. Strong Deformation of Ferrofluid-Filled Elastic Alginate Capsules in Inhomogenous Magnetic Fields

    Article • Langmuir, October 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  25. Buckling of thermally fluctuating spherical shells: Parameter renormalization and thermally activated barrier crossing

    Article • May 2018, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  26. Spheroidal and conical shapes of ferrofluid-filled capsules in magnetic fields

    Article • Physical Review Fluids, April 2018, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  27. Pendant capsule elastometry

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, March 2018, Elsevier

    Jan Kierfeld

  28. Elastic capsules at liquid–liquid interfaces

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jan Kierfeld

  29. Adsorption of finite semiflexible polymers and their loop and tail distributions

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, July 2017, American Institute of Physics

    Jan Kierfeld

  30. Event-chain Monte Carlo algorithms for three- and many-particle interactions

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), February 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  31. Stationary shapes of deformable particles moving at low Reynolds numbers

    Article • The European Physical Journal Special Topics, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jan Kierfeld

  32. Microcapsule Buckling Triggered by Compression-Induced Interfacial Phase Change

    Article • Langmuir, October 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  33. Erratum: Shapes of sedimenting soft elastic capsules in a viscous fluid [Phys. Rev. E92, 033003 (2015)]

    Article • Physical Review E, December 2015, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  34. Shapes of sedimenting soft elastic capsules in a viscous fluid

    Article • Physical Review E, September 2015, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  35. Monte Carlo simulation of dense polymer melts using event chain algorithms

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, July 2015, American Institute of Physics

    Jan Kierfeld

  36. Elasticity of Interfacial Rafts of Hard Particles with Soft Shells

    Article • Langmuir, May 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  37. Parallelized event chain algorithm for dense hard sphere and polymer systems

    Article • Journal of Computational Physics, January 2015, Elsevier

    Jan Kierfeld

  38. Feedback Mechanism for Microtubule Length Regulation by Stathmin Gradients

    Article • Biophysical Journal, December 2014, Elsevier

    Jan Kierfeld

  39. Depinning of stiff directed lines in random media

    Article • Physical Review E, July 2014, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  40. The secondary buckling transition: Wrinkling of buckled spherical shells

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jan Kierfeld

  41. Effects of microtubule mechanics on hydrolysis and catastrophes

    Article • Physical Biology, June 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  42. Secondary polygonal instability of buckled spherical shells

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), April 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  43. Wrinkling of Random and Regular Semiflexible Polymer Networks

    Article • Physical Review Letters, March 2014, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  44. Osmotic buckling of spherical capsules

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jan Kierfeld

  45. Elastometry of Deflated Capsules: Elastic Moduli from Shape and Wrinkle Analysis

    Article • Langmuir, September 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Jan Kierfeld, Dr Dominic Vella

  46. Controlling adsorption of semiflexible polymers on planar and curved substrates

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, July 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Jan Kierfeld

  47. Stiff directed lines in random media

    Article • Physical Review E, July 2013, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  48. Bifurcation of Velocity Distributions in Cooperative Transport of Filaments by Fast and Slow Motors

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2013, Elsevier

    Jan Kierfeld

  49. Cooperative dynamics of microtubule ensembles: Polymerization forces and rescue-induced oscillations

    Article • Physical Review E, January 2013, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  50. Localization transition of stiff directed lines in random media

    Article • Physical Review E, December 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  51. Dynamics and length distribution of microtubules under force and confinement

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  52. Critical Motor Number for Fractional Steps of Cytoskeletal Filaments in Gliding Assays

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2012, PLOS

    Jan Kierfeld

  53. Buckling of spherical capsules

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2011, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  54. Stall force of polymerizing microtubules and filament bundles

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), January 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  55. Coupling of actin hydrolysis and polymerization: Reduced description with two nucleotide states

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), February 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  56. Semiflexible polymer rings on topographically and chemically structured surfaces

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jan Kierfeld

  57. Modelling semiflexible polymers: shape analysis, buckling instabilities, and force generation

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jan Kierfeld

  58. Morphological Transitions of Liquid Droplets on Circular Surface Domains

    Article • Langmuir, September 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  59. Actin Polymerization and Depolymerization Coupled to Cooperative Hydrolysis

    Article • Physical Review Letters, July 2009, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  60. Zipping mechanism for force generation by growing filament bundles

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), June 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  61. Crack propagation, arrest and statistics in heterogeneous materials

    Article • Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment, April 2008, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  62. Active dynamics of filaments in motility assays

    Article • The European Physical Journal Special Topics, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jan Kierfeld

  63. Characterization of single semiflexible filaments under geometric constraints

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jan Kierfeld

  64. Semiflexible Polymers and Filaments: From Variational Problems to Fluctuations

    Article • January 2008, American Institute of Physics

    Jan Kierfeld

  65. Stretching of buckled filaments by thermal fluctuations

    Article • Physical Review E, December 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  66. FLUCTUATIONS OF SINGLE CONFINED ACTIN FILAMENTS

    Article • Biophysical Reviews and Letters, April 2007, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Jan Kierfeld

  67. Buckling, Bundling, and Pattern Formation: From Semi-Flexible Polymers to Assemblies of Interacting Filaments

    Article • Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, December 2006, American Scientific Publishers

    Jan Kierfeld, Stepan Stepanian

  68. Persistence length of semiflexible polymers and bending rigidity renormalization

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), December 2006, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  69. Buckling, Bundling, and Pattern Formation: From Semi-Flexible Polymers to Assemblies of Interacting Filaments

    Article • Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, December 2006, American Scientific Publishers

    Jan Kierfeld

  70. Line Tension Effects for Liquid Droplets on Circular Surface Domains

    Article • Langmuir, November 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  71. FILAMENT ORDERING AND CLUSTERING BY MOLECULAR MOTORS IN MOTILITY ASSAYS

    Article • Biophysical Reviews and Letters, October 2006, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Jan Kierfeld

  72. Force-Induced Desorption and Unzipping of Semiflexible Polymers

    Article • Physical Review Letters, August 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  73. Enhanced Ordering of Interacting Filaments by Molecular Motors

    Article • Physical Review Letters, June 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  74. Slow Crack Propagation in Heterogeneous Materials

    Article • Physical Review Letters, May 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  75. Wetting, budding, and fusion—morphological transitions of soft surfaces

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, July 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  76. Discontinuous Unbinding Transitions of Filament Bundles

    Article • Physical Review Letters, July 2005, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  77. Point force manipulation and activated dynamics of polymers adsorbed on structured substrates

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), July 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  78. Stability of liquid channels or filaments in the presence of line tension

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, April 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  79. Competitive Localization of Vortex Lines and Interacting Bosons

    Article • Physical Review Letters, February 2005, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  80. Droplets, bubbles, and vesicles at chemically structured surfaces

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, February 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  81. Duality mapping and unbinding transitions of semiflexible and directed polymers

    Article • Journal of Physics A General Physics, February 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  82. Activated dynamics of semiflexible polymers on structured substrates

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jan Kierfeld

  83. Erratum: Lindemann criterion and vortex lattice phase transitions in type-II superconductors [Phys. Rev. B 69, 024501 (2004)]

    Article • Physical Review B, January 2005, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  84. A general stability criterion for droplets on structured substrates

    Article • Journal of Physics A General Physics, November 2004, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  85. Barrier crossing of semiflexible polymers

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), June 2004, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  86. Stretching of semiflexible polymers with elastic bonds

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jan Kierfeld

  87. Single-vortex fluctuations in layered superconductors: Electromagnetic coupling and crossover to strong pinning

    Article • Physical Review B, April 2004, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  88. Lindemann criterion and vortex lattice phase transitions in type-II superconductors

    Article • Physical Review B, January 2004, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  89. Unbundling and desorption of semiflexible polymers

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), April 2003, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jan Kierfeld

  90. Theory of Plastic Vortex Creep

    Article • Physical Review Letters, December 2000, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  91. Dislocations and the critical endpoint of the melting line of vortex line lattices

    Article • June 2000, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  92. Topological order in the phase diagram for high-temperature superconductors with point defects

    Article • Physica C Superconductivity, May 1998, Elsevier

    Jan Kierfeld

  93. Topological order in the vortex-glass phase of high-temperature superconductors

    Article • January 1997, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  94. Interacting Arrays of Lines and Steps in Random Media

    Article • Physical Review Letters, November 1996, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jan Kierfeld

  95. Replica Symmetry Breaking in Renormalization: Application to the Randomly Pinned Planar Flux Array

    Article • Journal de Physique I, March 1995, EDP Sciences

    Jan Kierfeld

  96. Cooperative Behaviour of Semiflexible Polymers and Filaments

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Jan Kierfeld