B. Smit

Details der Publikationsliste

Zeitraum

1988 - 2009

Anzahl

300

Co-Autoren

Mountain Passes, in the Dark" (2009)

Jan G. Korvink, Evgenii Rudnyi, D. Frenkel, B. Smit, Ing Molecular Simulation, B. J. Berne

♦ Reaction path on the potential surface ♦ Transition state theory ♦ Simulating rare events ♦ Sampling transition pathways

Choosing a supporting technology for learning: A preliminary approach (2009)

Abcouwer, T., Smit, B.

In this paper we attempt to reach a method for evaluating the fit of different supportive technologies with a course. To achieve this we make use of a categorization of important factors, to deduce...

Heme and menaquinone induced electron transport in lactic acid bacteria (2009)

Brooijmans, R.J.W., Smit, B., Smidt, H.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: For some lactic acid bacteria higher biomass production as a result of aerobic respiration has been reported upon supplementation with heme and menaquinone. In this report, we...

Effects of dietary starch and energy levels on maximum feed intake, growth and metabolism of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (2008)

Tran Duy, A., Smit, B., Schrama, J.W.

The aim of this study was to gain insight into how Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) regulate feed and energy intake in response to diets low and high in starch and cellulose. It was hypothesized...

Influence of dietary starch and energy levels on maximum feed intake, growth and metabolism of 50g and 375g Nile tilapia (2008)

Schrama, J.W., Tran Duy, A., Richard, L., Smit, B., Verreth, J.A.J.

The aim of this study was to gain insight into how Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) regulate feed and energy intake in response to diets low and high in starch and cellulose. It was hypothesized...

Shape-selective n-alkane hydroconversion at exterior zeolite surfaces (2008)

Maesen, Th.L.M., Krishna, R., Baten, J.M. Van, Smit, B., Calero, S., Castillo Sanchez, J.M.

A critical review of the adsorption and catalysis of n- and methylalkanes demonstrates that the interior surface of TON- and MTT-type zeolites dominates both adsorption and catalysis, and that the...

Towards a molecular understanding of shape selectivity (2008)

Smit, B., Maesen, T.L.M.

Shape selectivity is a simple concept: the transformation of reactants into products depends on how the processed molecules fit the active site of the catalyst. Nature makes abundant use of this...

Molecular simulation of hydrogen diffusion in interpenetrated metal–organic frameworks (2008)

Liu, B., Yang, Q., Xue, C., Zhong, C., Smit, B.

In this work a combined molecular dynamics simulation and dynamically corrected transition-state theory (dcTST) study was performed to investigate the effect of interpenetration (catenation) on...

A new united atom force field for adsorption of alkenes in zeolites (2008)

Liu, B., Smit, B., Rey, F., Valencia, S., Calero, S.

A new united atom force field was developed that accurately describes the adsorption properties of linear alkenes in zeolites. The force field was specifically designed for use in the inhomogeneous...

Enhanced adsorption selectivity of hydrogen/methane mixtures in metal-organic frameworks with interpenetration: A molecular simulation study (2008)

Liu, B., Yang, Q., Xue, C., Zhong, C., Chen, B., Smit, B.

In this work a systematic molecular simulation study was performed to study the effect of interpenetration on gas mixture separation in metal−organic frameworks (MOFs). To do this, three pairs of...

Molecular simulations of lipid-mediated protein-protein interactions (2008)

Venturoli, M., Smit, B.

Recent experimental results revealed that lipid-mediated interactions due to hydrophobic forces may be important in determining the protein topology after insertion in the membrane, in regulating the...

The formation mechanism of lactones in Gouda cheese (2007)

Alewijn, M., Smit, B., Sliwinski, E.L., Wouters, J.T.M.

Lactones are fat-derived aroma compounds, but the formation mechanism of these compounds during ripening of Gouda cheese is unknown. Both enzymatic and chemical formation pathways were investigated...

Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Arctic: The Case of Nunavut, Canada (2007)

Ford, J., Pearce, T., Smit, B., Wandel, J., Allurut, M., Shappa, K., ...

"Research conducted with the communities of Arctic Bay and Igloolik in Nunavut identified key areas where policy can help Inuit reduce their vulnerability to climate change, focusing on the renewable...

Rapid gene expression analysis for evaluation of physiological state of micro-organisms (2006)

Rautio, J., Toivari, M., Smit, B., Bailey, M., Söderlund, H., Saloheimo, M., ...

VTT Symposium. International Specialised Symposium on Yeasts ISSY25. Systems Biology of Yeasts - from Models to Applications, 58

Elucidating alkane adsorption in sodium-exchanged zeolites from molecular simulations to empirical equations (2005)

García-Pérez, E., Torréns, I.M., Lago, S., Dubbeldam, D., Vlugt, T.J.H., Maesen, Th.L.M., ...

Configurational-bias Monte Carlo (CBMC) simulations provide adsorption isotherms, Henry coefficients and heats of adsorption of linear alkanes in sodium-exchanged MFI- and FAU-type zeolites. These...

The selectivity of n-hexane hydroconversion on MOR-, MAZ-, and FAU-type (2004)

Calero, S., Schenk, M., Dubbeldam, D., Maesen, Th.L.M., Smit, B.

Analyses of a series of published n-hexane hydroisomerization product slates suggest that MAZ-type zeolites yield more dimethylbutane and less methylpentane than either FAU- or MOR-type zeolites....

Molecular Simulation of Loading Dependent Slow Diffusion in Confined Systems (2004)

Beerdsen, E., Smit, B., Dubbeldam, D.

An extension to transition state theory is presented that is capable of computing quantitatively the diffusivity of adsorbed molecules in confined systems at nonzero loading. This extension to...

Comparison of mesoscopic phospholipid-water models. (2004)

Kranenburg, M., Smit, B.

In this study we show how a coarse-grained model of a phospholipid can be developed and we study the parameter sets applied to the formation of a coarse-grained dimyristoyl phosphatidyl choline...

Mesoscopic simulations of phase transitions in lipid bilayers. (2004)

Kranenburg, M., Laforge, C., Smit, B.

The formation of the rippled phase in biological membranes and its relation with anomalous swelling are still lacking a molecular explanation. Starting from all-atom simulations we use a mapping to...

The selectivity of n-hexane hydroconversion on MOR-, MAZ-, and FAU-type zeolites. (2004)

Calero Diaz, S., Schenk, M., Dubbeldam, D., Maesen, T. L.M, Smit, B.

Analyses of a series of published n-hexane hydroisomerization product slates suggest that MAZ-type zeolites yield more dimethylbutane and less methylpentane than either FAU- or MOR-type zeolites....

A Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Communities in the Canadian Arctic to Risks Associated with Climate Change (2004)

Ford, J. D., Smit, B.

"Adaptation to climate change is recognized as an important policy issue by international bodies such as the United Nations and by various national governments. Initiatives to identify adaptation...

Abschätzung der Auswirkungen der Krautfäule auf den Bio-Kartoffelbau in verschiedenen Europäischen Ländern, sowie Inventar der angewendeten Anbau- und Pflanzenschutzstrategien (2003)

Tamm, L., Smit, B., Hospers, M., Jannsens, B., Burma, J., Mølgaard, J.P., ...

Problemstellung/Ziele Die Kraut- und Knollenfäule (Phytophthora infestans) ist die Krankheit, die im biologischen (aber auch konventionellen) Kartoffelanbau in Europa die größten Probleme...

Abschätzung der Auswirkungen der Krautfäule auf den Bio-Kartoffelbau in verschiedenen Europäischen Ländern, sowie Inventar der angewendeten Anbau- und Pflanzenschutzstrategien (2003)

Tamm, L., Smit, B., Hospers, M., Jannsens, B., Burma, J., Mølgaard, J.P., ...

Problemstellung/Ziele Die Kraut- und Knollenfäule (Phytophthora infestans) ist die Krankheit, die im biologischen (aber auch konventionellen) Kartoffelanbau in Europa die größten Probleme...

Analysis of mouse Rad54 expression and its implications for homologous recombination. (2002)

Essers, J., Hendriks, R.W., Wesoly, J., Beerens, C.E., Smit, B., Hoeijmakers, J.H.J., ...

Homologous recombination is one of the major pathways for repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Important proteins in this pathway are Rad51 and Rad54. Rad51 forms a nucleoprotein filament on...

UVB radiation-induced cancer predisposition in Cockayne syndrome group A (Csa) mutant mice. (2002)

Meira, L., Gorgels, T.G., Wit, J. De, Velasco-Miguel, S., Richardson, J.A., ...

Cockayne syndrome (CS) is an inherited photosensitive neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a specific defect in the transcription-coupled repair (TCR) sub-pathway of NER. Remarkably, despite their...

Understanding molecular simulation: from algorithms to applications (2002)

Frenkel, D., Smit, B.

Second and revised edition Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications explains the physics behind the "recipes" of molecular simulation for materials science. Computer...

A human homolog of the yeast nucleotide excision repair gene MMS19 interacts with transcription repair factor TFIIH through the XPB and XPD helicases. (2000)

Seroz, T., Winkler, G.S., Auriol, J., Verhage, R.A., Vermeulen, W., Smit, B., ...

Nucleotide excision repair (NER) removes UV-induced photoproducts and numerous other DNA lesions in a highly conserved 'cut-and-paste' reaction that involves approximately 25 core components. In...

Targeted disruption of the cell-cycle checkpoint gene ATR leads to early embryonic lethality in mice. (2000)

Klein, A. De, Muijtjens, M., Os, R. Van, Verhoeven, Y., Smit, B., Carr, A.M., ...

Checkpoints of DNA integrity are conserved throughout evolution, as are the kinases ATM (Ataxia Telangiectasia mutated) and ATR (Ataxia- and Rad-related), which are related to phosphatidylinositol...

Cloning of a human homolog of the yeast nucleotide excision repair gene MMS19 and interaction with transcription repair factor TFIIH via the XPB and XPD helicases (2000)

Seroz, T., Hoeijmakers, J.H., Winkler, G.S., Auriol, J., Verhage, R.A., Vermeulen, W., ...

Nucleotide excision repair (NER) removes UV-induced photoproducts and numerous other DNA lesions in a highly conserved 'cut-and-paste' reaction that involves approximately 25 core components. In...

Recoil growth algorithm for chain molecules with continuous interactions (1999)

Consta, S., Vugt, Th.J.H., Wichers Hoeth, J., Smit, B., Frenkel, D.

The recoil growth (RG) scheme is a dynamic Monte Carlo algorithm that has been suggested as an improvement over the configurational bias Monte Carlo (CBMC) method (Consta, S., Wilding, N. B.,...

Associating lattice fluids near hard and interacting walls (1996)

Smit, B

Cubic lattice models of dimerizing and polymerizing fluids have been studied within Wertheim's Ornstein-Zernike (OZ) matrix formalism to assess the adsorption behavior of such fluids at impenetrable,...

Solid-solid and liquid-solid phase equilibria for the restricted primitive model (1996)

Smit, B., Esselink, K., Frenkel, D.

A Monte Carlo simulation study is made of the phase diagram of the restricted primitive model and of the solid-liquid and solid-solid phase coexistence curves in particular. At low temperatures,...

Cloning, comparative mapping, and RNA expression of the mouse homologues of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae nucleotide excision repair gene RAD23. (1996)

Visser, C.E., Hanaoka, F., Smit, B., Hagemeijer, A., Bootsma, D., ...

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD23 gene is involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER). Two human homologs of RAD23, HHR23A and HHR23B (HGMW-approved symbols RAD23A and RAD23B), were previously...

Human and mouse homologs of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD54 DNA repair gene: evidence for functional conservation. (1996)

Kanaar, R., Troelstra, C., Swagemakers, S.M.A., Essers, J., Smit, B., Franssen, J.H., ...

BACKGROUND: Homologous recombination is of eminent importance both in germ cells, to generate genetic diversity during meiosis, and in somatic cells, to safeguard DNA from genotoxic damage. The...

Sequence conservation of the rad21 Schizosaccharomyces pombe DNA double-strand break repair gene in human and mouse. (1996)

McKay, M.J., Troelstra, C., Kanaar, R., Smit, B., Hagemeijer, A., ...

The rad21 gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe is involved in the repair of ionizing radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks. The isolation of mouse and human putative homologs of rad21 is reported...

Understanding molecular simulation : from algorithms to applications (1996)

Frenkel, D., Smit, B.

This book explains the physics behind the "recipes" of molecular simulation for materials science. Computer simulators are continuously confronted with questions concerning the choice of a particular...

Unexpected length dependence of the solubility of chain molecules (1992)

Frenkel, D., Smit, B.

We report numerical simulations of the chemical potential of a freely jointed chain molecule in a solvent of monomers, using a novel scheme to compute the chemical potential of arbritrary chain...

Novel scheme to study structural and thermal properties of continuously deformable molecules (1992)

Frenkel, D., Smit, B.

In this anicle we present a method for alculating the chemical potential of arbitrary chain molecules in a mmpuier simulation. The method is based on a generalization of Siepmann's method tor...

Direct simulation of phase equilibria of chain molecules (1992)

Frenkel, D., Smit, B.

The authors show how to combine a novel Monte Carlo scheme to sample conformations of chain molecules with the Gibbs-ensemble method to simulate fluid-fluid phase coexistence. This approach allows...

Comment on ‘‘Determination of the chemical potential of polymeric systems from Monte Carlo simulations’’ (1992)

Smit, B., Frenkel, D.

A Comment on the Letter by S. K. Kumar, I. Szleiser, and A. Z. Panagiotopoulos Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 2935 (1991).

Vapor–liquid equilibria of the two-dimensional Lennard-Jones fluid(s) (1991)

Smit, B., Frenkel, D.

Monte Carlo simulations in the Gibbs ensemble are presented for the two-dimensional Lennard-Jones fluids. We have considered the full Lennard-Jones potential and the truncated (at 2.5) and shifted...

Vapour-liquid equilibria of the hard core Yukawa fluid (1991)

Smit, B., Frenkel, D.

Techniques which extend the range of applicability of the Gibbs ensemble technique for particles which interact with a hard core potential are described. The power of the new technique is...

Calculation of the chemical potential in the Gibbs ensemble (1989)

Smit, B., Frenkel, D.

An expression for the chemical potential in the Gibbs ensemble is derived. For finite system sizes this expression for the chemical potential differs system-atically from Widom's test particle...

Computer simulations in the Gibbs ensemble (1989)

Smit, B., Smedt, Ph. De, Frenkel, D.

In this article we demonstrate that the Gibbs ensemble and the canonical ensemble are equivalent in the thermodynamic limit. Furthermore, we discuss some interesting aspects of the method when...

An explicit expression for finite-size corrections to the chemical potential (1989)

Smit, B., Frenkel, D.

In this article an expression is derived for the finite-size corrections to the excess chemical potential in an N-particle system with periodic boundary conditions. The leading N-dependence of the...

Cellular Processes Limiting Leaf Growth in Plants under Hypoxic Root Stress (1989)

SMIT, B., STACHOWIAK, M., VOLKENBURGH, E. VAN

The effects of root hypoxia on leaf growth of a Populus trichocarpa � deltoides hybrid have been assessed. Clonal plants were subjected to hypoxic root conditions in pot culture by flooding and in...

Characterization of photolyase/blue-light receptor homologs in mouse and human cells.

Kobayashi, K, Kanno, S, Smit, B, Van Der Horst, G T, Takao, M, Yasui, A

We isolated and characterized mouse photolyase-like genes, mCRY1 (mPHLL1) and mCRY2 (mPHLL2), which belong to the photolyase family including plant blue-light receptors. The mCRY1 and mCRY2 genes are...

Molecular path control in zeolite membranes

Dubbeldam, D., Beerdsen, E., Calero, S., Smit, B.

We report molecular simulations of diffusion in confinement showing a phenomenon that we denote as molecular path control (MPC); depending on loading, molecules follow a preferred pathway. MPC raises...

Characterization of photolyase/blue-light receptor homologs in mouse and human cells.

Kobayashi, K, Kanno, S, Smit, B, Van Der Horst, G T, Takao, M, Yasui, A

We isolated and characterized mouse photolyase-like genes, mCRY1 (mPHLL1) and mCRY2 (mPHLL2), which belong to the photolyase family including plant blue-light receptors. The mCRY1 and mCRY2 genes are...

Molecular path control in zeolite membranes

Dubbeldam, D., Beerdsen, E., Calero, S., Smit, B.

We report molecular simulations of diffusion in confinement showing a phenomenon that we denote as molecular path control (MPC); depending on loading, molecules follow a preferred pathway. MPC raises...

Assessing options in resource use for renewable energy through multiobject goal programming

C Cocklin, S C Lonergan, B Smit

Forest-energy plantations have been recognized as a possible source of renewable energy throughout the world, but the regional consequences of extensive plantation development have not been...

Consumer preferences for rural residences: a conjoint analysis in Ontario, Canada

A E Joseph, B Smit, G P McIlravey

Conjoint measurement is introduced as an appropriate method for characterising the nature of consumer preferences for various types of rural residence. After a review of the major conceptual and...

The Science of Adaptation: A Framework for Assessment

B. Smit, I. Burton, R. Street

adaptation, climate change, impact assessment, response options, vulnerability,