Collective behavior of protein molecules in solutions is critically important for understanding their biological functions, as well as for efficient control of various technological processes. A number of recent experimental studies have observed the formation of various clusters in protein solutions in different systems (1–5). While the existence of small molecular complexes in solutions is a ...

In the studies of conductance of closed mesoscopic systems, semi-linear response theory (SLRT) offers a novel unified framework that goes beyond the traditional Kubo formulation. In this Thesis we apply SLRT to two types of mesoscopic systems. The first is disordered quasi-1d rings, where we build an analytical model to understand the departure of SLRT results from Kubo results. Guided by the n...

This paper attempted to provide a method to calculate progressive failure of the cohesivefrictional granular geomaterial and the spatial distribution of the stability of the cohesive granular slope. The methodology can be divided into two parts: the characterization method of macro-contact and the analysis of the slope stability. Based on the graph theory, the vertexes, the edges and the edge s...

In this paper we address the topic of inelastic electron scattering in mesoscopic quantum transport. For systems where only elastic scattering is present, Landauer theory provides an adequate description of transport that relates the electronic current to single-particle transmission and reflection probabilities. A formalism proposed recently by Bonc̆a and Trugman facilitates the calculation of ...

Based on recent advances in nanoscience, data science and the availability of massive real-world datastreams, the mesoscopic evolution of mesoscopic energy materials can now be more fully studied. The temporal evolution is vastly complex in time and length scales and is fundamentally challenging to scientific understanding of degradation mechanisms and pathways responsible for energy materials ...

The representation of material appearance requires an understanding of the underlying structures of real surfaces, light-material interaction, and human visual system. The Bidirectional Texture Function (BTF) describes real-world materials as a spatial variation of reflectance, which depends on view and light directions. Real BTFs integrate all optical phenomena occurring in a complex material,...

Multilevel selection has been indicated as an essential factor for the evolution of complexity in interacting RNA-like replicator systems. There are two types of multilevel selection mechanisms: implicit and explicit. For implicit multilevel selection, spatial self-organization of replicator populations has been suggested, which leads to higher level selection among emergent mesoscopic spatial ...

Kinetics of magnetic flux in the thin mesoscopic ring biased by an external magnetic flux exhibits the ratchet-like behavior. The 'flux velocity', i.e. the averaged time derivative of magnetic flux produced by the ring, is a candidate for a novel characteristics of mesoscopic rings. Its global properties reflect the possibility of accommodating persistent currents in the ring. 1 Mesoscopic ring...