Publications

2012

Collective and Single Cell Behavior in Contact Inhibition  (PDF)
A. Puliafito, L. Hufnagel, P. Neveu, S. Streichan, A. Sigal, D. Kuchnir Fygenson and B. Shraiman
Proc. Nat’l Acad Sci. USA 109:739-44 (2012) .
Design and Characterization of 1D Nanotubes and 2D Periodic Arrays Self-Assembled from DNA Multi-helix Bundles  (PDF)
T. Wang, D. Schiffels, S. Martinez Cuesta, D. Kuchnir Fygenson and N.C. Seeman
JACS, 134:1606 (2012) .

2011

Distinct Conformations of DNA-Stabilized Fluorescent Silver Nanoclusters Revealed by Electrophoretic Mobility and Diffusivity Measurements  (PDF)
T. Driehorst, P. O’Neill, P. Goodwin, S. Pennathur and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Langmuir, 27:8923 (2011) .
UV excitation of DNA-stabilized Ag-cluster fluorescence via the DNA bases  (PDF)
P. O’Neill, E.G. Gwinn and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115:24061-24066 (2011) .

2010

Bilayer Edges Catalyze Supported Lipid Bilayer Formation  (PDF)
K.L. Weirich, J. Israelachvili and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Biophysical Journal, 98:85 (2010) .

2009

Hairpins with Poly-C Loops Stabilize Four Types of Fluorescent Agn:DNA  (PDF)
P. O’Neill, L.R. Velazquez, D.G. Dunn, E.G. Gwinn and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113:4229 (2009) .
The formation of supported bilayers on silica substrates  (PDF)
T. Andersen, Y. Min, K. Weirich, H. Zheng, D. Kuchnir Fygenson and J. Israelachvili
Langmuir, 25:6997 (2009) .

2008

Sequence-dependent fluorescence of DNA-hosted silver nanoclusters  (PDF)
E.G. Gwinn, P. O’Neill, A.J. Guerrero, D. Bouwmeester and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Advanced Materials, 20:279 (2008) .
Improving fluorescence detection in lab on chip devices  (PDF)
S. Pennathur and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Lab on a Chip, 8:649 (2008) .
ITau isoform dependent enhancement of taxol mobility through microtubules  (PDF)
H.J. Park, M.W. Kim and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 478:119 (2008) .

2007

Topographical changes of biconvex objects during equatorial traction: an analogy for accommodation of the human lens  (PDF)
R.A. Schachar and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
British Journal of Ophthalmology, 91:1698 (2007) .

2006

Sturdier DNA Nanotubes via Ligation  (PDF)
P. O’Neill, P.W.K. Rothemund, A. Kumar and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Nano Letters, 6:1379 (2006) .

2004

Joining and Scission in the Self Assembly of Nanotubes from DNA Tiles  (PDF)
A. Ekani-Nkodo, A. Kumar and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Physical Review Letters, 93:268301 (2004) .
Design and Characterization of Programmable DNA Nanotubes  (PDF) (SI)
P.W.K. Rothemund, A. Ekani-Nkodo, N. Papadakis, A. Kumar, D. Kuchnir Fygenson and E. Winfree
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126:16344-16352 (2004) .
Tau Induces Cooperative Taxol Binding to Microtubules  (PDF) (SI)
J.L. Ross, C.D. Santangelo, V. Makrides and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 101:12910-12915 (2004) .
Variability-Based Sequence Alignment Identifies Residues Responsible for Functional Differences in Alpha and Beta Tubulin  (PDF)
D. Kuchnir Fygenson, D.J. Needleman and K. Sneppen
Protein Science, 13:25-31 (2004) .

2003

Mobility of Taxol in Microtubule Bundles  (PDF)
J.L. Ross and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Biophysical Journal, 84:3959-3967 (2003) .
Exclusion and Diffusion of Fluoresceinated Probes in Collagen Fibrils  (PDF)
A. Ekani-Nkodo and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Physical Review E, 67:021909 (2003) .
Evidence that Collagen Fibrils in Tendon are Inhomogeneously Structured in a Tube-like Manner  (PDF)
T. Gutsmann, G.E. Fantner, M. Venturoni, A. Ekani-Nkodo, J.B. Thompson, J.H. Kindt, D.E. Morse, D. Kuchnir Fygenson and P.K. Hansma
Biophysical Journal, 84:2593 (2003) .

2002

DNA melting in the presence of fluorescent intercalating oxazole yellow dyes measured with a gel-based assay  (PDF)
M.T. Bjorndal and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Biopolymers, 65:40 (2002) .

2001

A unifying hypothesis for the conformational change of tubulin  (PDF)
D. Kuchnir Fygenson (2001).

1998

Gramicidin Channel Kinetics under Tension  (PDF)
M. Goulian, O.N, Mesquita, D. Kuchnir Fygenson, C. Nielsen, O.S. Andersen and A. Libchaber
Biophysical Journal, 74:328 (1998) .
DNA Polymerase Fidelity: From genetics toward a biochemical understanding  (PDF)
M.F. Goodman and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Genetics, 148:1475 (1998) .
DNA Polymerase Fidelity: From genetics toward a biochemical understanding  (PDF)
M.F. Goodman and D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Genetics, 148:1475 (1998) .

1997

Mechanics of Microtubule-based Membrane Extension  (PDF)
D. Kuchnir Fygenson, J.F. Marko, and A. Libchaber
Physical Review Letters, 79:4497 (1997) .
Fidelity of Eschericha coli DNA Polymerase III Holoenzyme  (PDF)
L.B. Bloom, X. Chen, D. Kuchnir Fygenson, J. Turner, M. OíDonnell and M.F. Goodman
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 272:27919 (1997) .
Appendix: Gel kinetic analysis of polymerase fidelity in the presence of multiple enzyme DNA encounters  (PDF)
D. Kuchnir Fygenson and M.F. Goodman
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 272:27931 (1997) .
Microtubules and Vesicles under Controlled Tension  (PDF)
D. Kuchnir Fygenson, M. Elbaum, B. Shraiman and A. Libchaber
Physical Review E, 55:850 (1997) .

1996

Mechanical Forces in the Biological World  (No PDF Available)
D. Kuchnir Fygenson, L. Bourdieu, L. Faucheux, and A. Libchaber
in Physics of Biomaterials: Fluctuation, Self Assembly and Evolution, (NATO Asi Series E, Applied Sciences, No. 322)  (1996).

1995

Microtubules: The rhythm of assembly and the evolution of form  (PDF)
D. Kuchnir Fygenson
Ph.D. Thesis, Princeton University, Physics (1995).
Buckling Microtubules in Vesicles  (PDF)
M. Elbaum, D. Kuchnir Fygenson, and A. Libchaber
Physical Review Letters, 76:4078 (1995) .
Spontaneous Nucleation of Microtubules  (PDF)
D. Kuchnir Fygenson, H. Flyvbjerg, K. Sneppen, A. Libchaber, and S. Leibler
Physical Review E, 51:5058 (1995) .

1994

Phase Diagram of Microtubules  (PDF)
D. Kuchnir Fygenson, E. Braun, and A. Libchaber
Physical Review E, 50:1579 (1994) .

1992

Two ions in a Penning Trap: Implications for precision mass spectroscopy  (PDF)
E. A. Cornell, K. R. Boyce, D. Kuchnir (Fygenson), and D. E. Pritchard
Physical Review A, 45:3049 (1992) .