The Effect of Salt on Self-Assembled Actin-Lysozyme Complexes (2008)
Camilo Guáqueta, Lori K. S, Erik Luijten
ABSTRACT We present a combined experimental and computational study of the bundling of F-actin filaments induced by lysozyme proteins. Synchrotron small-angle x-ray scattering results show that these...
Monte Carlo investigations of phase transitions: status and perspectives (2007)
Kurt Binder, Erik Luijten, Marcus Müller A
Using the concept of finite-size scaling, Monte Carlo calculations of various models have become a very useful tool for the study of critical phenomena, with the system linear dimension as a...
Carlo simulation of spin models with long-range interactions (2007)
Abstract. An efficient Monte Carlo algorithm for the simulation of spin models with long-range interactions is discussed. Its central feature is that the number of operations required to flip a spin...
finite-size scaling. These models are the spin- 1 (2007)
Erik Luijten, Jouke R. Heringa
We investigate three Ising models on the simple cubic lattice by means of Monte Carlo methods and Ising model with nearest-neighbor interactions, a spin-1 2 model with nearest-neighbor and...
Universality and the five-dimensional Ising model (2007)
We solve the long-standing discrepancy between Monte Carlo results and the renormalization prediction for the Binder cumulant of the five-dimensional Ising model. Our conclusions are based on...
Comment on “Finite-size scaling of the 5D Ising model” (2007)
In a recent Letter [1], Mon addresses the disagreement between a renormalization prediction [2] and Monte Carlo (MC) analyses of the critical value of the Binder cumulant in the five-dimensional...
Kurt Binder, Kurt Binder, Erik Luijten, Erik Luijten, Marcus M Uller, ...
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Critical Phenomena and “Crossover Scaling ” in Model Systems for Soft Condensed Matter (2007)
Kurt Binder, Kurt Binder, Jérôme Houdayer, Jérôme Houdayer, Erik Luijten, Erik Luijten, ...
this report, two representative examples are described: (i) a ternary system of solvent plus polymer A plus polymer B, where solvent--polymer unmixing competes with polymer--polymer phase separation;...
Polyelectrolyte Condensation Induced by Linear Cations (2007)
Guáqueta, Camilo, Luijten, Erik
We examine the role of the condensing agent in the formation of polyelectrolyte bundles, via grand-canonical Monte Carlo simulations. Following recent experiments we use linear, rigid divalent...
Translocation of polymers out of confined geometries (2007)
www.elsevier.com/locate/cpc We consider the free energy of confinement for a flexible self-avoiding polymer inside a spherical cavity. Accurate numerical calculations allow us to arbitrate between...
Salt-induced collapse and reexpansion of highly charged flexible polyelectrolytes (2006)
We study the salt-dependent conformations of dilute flexible polyelectrolytes in solution via computer simulations. Low concentrations of multivalent salt induce the known conformational collapse of...
Simulation of phase transitions in highly asymmetric fluid mixtures (2006)
Liu, Jiwen, Wilding, Nigel B., Luijten, Erik
We present a novel method for the accurate numerical determination of the phase behavior of fluid mixtures having large particle size asymmetries. By incorporating the recently developed geometric...
Papanikolaou, Stefanos, Luijten, Erik, Fradkin, Eduardo
We study phase diagrams of a class of doped quantum dimer models on the square lattice with ground-state wave functions whose amplitudes have the form of the Gibbs weights of a classical doped dimer...
Confinement-driven translocation of a flexible polymer (2006)
Cacciuto, Angelo, Luijten, Erik
We consider the escape of a flexible, self-avoiding polymer chain out of a confined geometry. By means of simulations, we demonstrate that the translocation time can be described by a simple scaling...
Clusters of Charged Janus Spheres (2006)
Liang Hong, Angelo Cacciuto, Erik Luijten, Steve Granick
We study the assembly of spherical particles with opposite electric charge on both hemispheres, in the case that the particle diameter exceeds the electrostatic screening length. Clusters result, not...
Colloidal stabilization via nanoparticle haloing (2005)
We present a detailed numerical study of effective interactions between micron-sized silica spheres, induced by highly charged zirconia nanoparticles. It is demonstrated that the effective...
Critical polymer-polymer phase separation in ternary solutions (2005)
We study polymer-polymer phase separation in a common good solvent by means of Monte Carlo simulations of the bond-fluctuation model. Below a critical, chain-length dependent concentration, no phase...
Structure and stability of self-assembled actin-lysozyme complexes in salty water (2005)
Sanders, Lori K., Guaqueta, Camilo, Angelini, Thomas E., Lee, Jae-Wook, Slimmer, Scott C., Luijten, Erik, ...
Interactions between actin, an anionic polyelectrolyte, and lysozyme, a cationic globular protein, have been examined using a combination of synchrotron small-angle x-ray scattering and molecular...
Screening in Ionic Systems: Simulations for the Lebowitz Length (2005)
Kim, Young C., Luijten, Erik, Fisher, Michael E.
Simulations of the Lebowitz length, $\xi_{\text{L}}(T,\rho)$, are reported for t he restricted primitive model hard-core (diameter $a$) 1:1 electrolyte for densi ties $\rho\lesssim 4\rho_c$ and $T_c...
Generalized Geometric Cluster Algorithm for Fluid Simulation (2005)
We present a detailed description of the generalized geometric cluster algorithm for the efficient simulation of continuum fluids. The connection with well-known cluster algorithms for lattice spin...
Geometric Cluster Algorithm for Interacting Fluids (2005)
We discuss a new Monte Carlo algorithm for the simulation of complex fluids. This algorithm employs geometric operations to identify clusters of particles that can be moved in a rejection-free way....
Self-Avoiding Flexible Polymers under Spherical Confinement (2005)
We compute the free energy of confinement for a flexible self-avoiding polymer inside a spherical cavity. Accurate numerical results allow us to arbitrate between three competing scaling predictions....
Rejection-free Geometric Cluster Algorithm for Complex Fluids (2004)
We present a novel, generally applicable Monte Carlo algorithm for the simulation of fluid systems. Geometric transformations are used to identify clusters of particles in such a manner that every...
Stabilization of colloidal suspensions by means of highly-charged nanoparticles (2004)
We employ a novel Monte Carlo simulation scheme to elucidate the stabilization of neutral colloidal microspheres by means of highly-charged nanoparticles [V. Tohver et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci....
Reversible Gel Formation of Triblock Copolymers Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulation (2004)
Molecular dynamics simulations have been employed to study the formation of a physical (thermoreversible) gel by amphiphilic A-B-A triblock copolymers in aqueous solution. In order to mimic the...
Reversible Gel Formation of Triblock Copolymers Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulation (2004)
ABSTRACT: Molecular dynamics simulations have been employed to study the formation of a physical (thermoreversible) gel by amphiphilic A-B-A triblock copolymers in aqueous solution. To mimic the...
Precise Simulation of Near-critical Fluid Coexistence (2003)
Kim, Young C., Fisher, Michael E., Luijten, Erik
We present a novel method to derive liquid-gas coexisting densities, $\rho^{\pm}(T)$, from grand canonical simulations (without knowledge of $\Tc$ or criticality class). The minima of $ Q_{L}\equiv<...
Shape Variation of Linear Polymers upon Phase Separation in a Ternary Solution (2003)
It was recognized by Kuhn 70 years ago that the typical shape of a flexible polymer chain is ellipsoidal rather than spherical. 1 This shape anisotropy, besides being a fundamental property, is of...
Crossover critical behavior in the three-dimensional Ising model (2002)
Kim, Young C., Anisimov, Mikhail A., Sengers, Jan V., Luijten, Erik
The character of critical behavior in physical systems depends on the range of interactions. In the limit of infinite range of the interactions, systems will exhibit mean-field critical behavior,...
The boundary between long-range and short-range critical behavior (2001)
Luijten, Erik, Blöte, Henk W. J.
We investigate phase transitions of two-dimensional Ising models with power-law interactions, using an efficient Monte Carlo algorithm. For slow decay, the transition is of the mean-field type; for...
Universality class of criticality in the restricted primitive model electrolyte (2001)
Luijten, Erik, Fisher, Michael E., Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z.
The 1:1 equisized hard-sphere electrolyte or restricted primitive model has been simulated via grand-canonical fine-discretization Monte Carlo. Newly devised unbiased finite-size extrapolation...
On quantum effects near the liquid-vapor transition in helium (2001)
Müser, Martin H., Luijten, Erik
The liquid-vapor transition in He-3 and He-4 is investigated by means of path-integral molecular dynamics and the quantum virial expansion. Both methods are applied to the critical isobar and the...
Criticality in one dimension with inverse square-law potentials (2001)
Luijten, Erik, Messingfeld, Holger
It is demonstrated that the scaled order parameter for ferromagnetic Ising and three-state Potts chains with inverse-square interactions exhibits a universal critical jump, in analogy with the...
The heat capacity of the restricted primitive model electrolyte (2000)
Luijten, Erik, Fisher, Michael E., Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z.
The constant-volume heat capacity, C_V(T, rho), of the restricted primitive model (RPM) electrolyte is considered in the vicinity of its critical point. It is demonstrated that, despite claims,...
A Kac-potential treatment of nonintegrable interactions (2000)
Vollmayr-Lee, Benjamin P., Luijten, Erik
We consider d-dimensional systems with nonintegrable, algebraically decaying pairwise interactions. It is shown that, upon introduction of periodic boundary conditions and a long-distance cutoff in...
Crossover behavior in He3 and Xe near their liquid-vapor critical point (2000)
We present a detailed discussion of the crossover from mean-field to Ising critical behavior upon approach of the critical point, both for He3 and Xe. By combining different sets of experimental...
Vollmayr-Lee, Benjamin P., Luijten, Erik
In their recent Letter [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4233 (1999)], Salazar and Toral (ST) study numerically a finite Ising chain with non-integrable interactions decaying like 1/r^(d+sigma) where -d
Monte Carlo Simulation of Spin Models wit Long-Range Interactions (2000)
An e#cient Monte Carlo algorithm for the simulation of spin models with long-range interactions is discussed.Ii central feature is that the number of operations required to flip a spin is independent...
Test of renormalization predictions for universal finite-size scaling functions (1999)
We calculate universal finite-size scaling functions for systems with an n-component order parameter and algebraically decaying interactions. Just as previously has been found for short-range...
Optimized energy calculation in lattice systems with long-range interactions (1999)
We discuss an efficient approach to the calculation of the internal energy in numerical simulations of spin systems with long-range interactions. Although, since the introduction of the...
Monte Carlo investigations of phase transitions: status and perspectives (1999)
Binder, Kurt, Luijten, Erik, Müller, Marcus, Wilding, Nigel B., Blöte, Henk W. J.
Using the concept of finite-size scaling, Monte Carlo calculations of various models have become a very useful tool for the study of critical phenomena, with the system linear dimension as a...
Do crossover functions depend on the shape of the interaction profile? (1999)
We examine the crossover from classical to non-classical critical behaviour in two-dimensional systems with a one-component order parameter. Since the degree of universality of the corresponding...
Monte Carlo simulation of spin models with long-range interactions (1999)
An efficient Monte Carlo algorithm for the simulation of spin models with long-range interactions is discussed. Its central feature is that the number of operations required to flip a spin is...
Luijten, Erik, Binder, Kurt, Blöte, Henk W. J.
Monte Carlo results for the moments of the magnetization distribution of the nearest-neighbor Ising ferromagnet in a L^d geometry, where L (4 \leq L \leq 22) is the linear dimension of a hypercubic...
Abstract. Monte Carlo results for the moments 〈M k 〉 of the magnetization distribution of the nearestneighbor Ising ferromagnet in a L d geometry, where L (4 ≤ L ≤ 22) is the linear dimension...
Accurate numerical results are presented for the three-dimensional equivalent-neighbor model on a cubic lattice, for twelve different interaction ranges (coordination number between 18 and 250)....
Nature of crossover from classical to Ising-like critical behavior (1998)
We present an accurate numerical determination of the crossover from classical to Ising-like critical behavior upon approach of the critical point in three-dimensional systems. The possibility to...
Crossover scaling in two dimensions (1997)
Luijten, Erik, Blöte, Henk W. J., Binder, Kurt
We determine the scaling functions describing the crossover from Ising-like critical behavior to classical critical behavior in two-dimensional systems with a variable interaction range. Since this...
Nonmonotonical crossover of the effective susceptibility exponent (1997)
Luijten, Erik, Blöte, Henk W. J., Binder, Kurt
We have numerically determined the behavior of the magnetic susceptibility upon approach of the critical point in two-dimensional spin systems with an interaction range that was varied over nearly...
Classical critical behavior of spin models with long-range interactions (1997)
Luijten, Erik, Blöte, Henk W. J.
We present the results of extensive Monte Carlo simulations of Ising models with algebraically decaying ferromagnetic interactions in the regime where classical critical behavior is expected for...
Universality and the five-dimensional Ising model (1997)
Blöte, Henk W. J., Luijten, Erik
We solve the long-standing discrepancy between Monte Carlo results and the renormalization prediction for the Binder cumulant of the five-dimensional Ising model. Our conclusions are based on...
Medium-range interactions and crossover to classical critical behavior (1996)
Luijten, Erik, Blöte, Henk W. J., Binder, Kurt
We study the crossover from Ising-like to classical critical behavior as a function of the range R of interactions. The power-law dependence on R of several critical amplitudes is calculated from...
Finite-size Scaling and Universality above the Upper Critical Dimensionality (1996)
Luijten, Erik, Blöte, Henk W. J.
According to renormalization theory, Ising systems above their upper critical dimensionality d_u = 4 have classical critical behavior and the ratio of magnetization moments Q = ^2 / has the...
Comment on "Finite-size scaling of the 5D Ising model" (1996)
99> L -1/2 (L is the linear system size), which originates from the socalled shift in the critical temperature. Mon analyzes the di#erence between the MC estimates and the respective predicted...
Ising Universality in Three Dimensions: A Monte Carlo Study (1995)
Blöte, Henk W. J., Luijten, Erik, Heringa, Jouke R.
We investigate three Ising models on the simple cubic lattice by means of Monte Carlo methods and finite-size scaling. These models are the spin-1/2 Ising model with nearest-neighbor interactions, a...
Monte Carlo method for spin models with long-range interactions (1995)
We introduce a Monte Carlo method for the simulation of spin models with ferromagnetic long-range interactions in which the amount of time per spin-flip operation is independent of the system size,...
Monte Carlo method for spin models with long-range interactions (1995)
We introduce a Monte Carlo method for the simulation of spin models with ferromagnetic long-range interactions in which the amount of time per spin-flip operation is independent of the system size,...
The Effect of Salt on Self-Assembled Actin-Lysozyme Complexes
Guáqueta, Camilo, Sanders, Lori K., Wong, Gerard C. L., Luijten, Erik
We present a combined experimental and computational study of the bundling of F-actin filaments induced by lysozyme proteins. Synchrotron small-angle x-ray scattering results show that these bundles...
Sanders, Lori K., Xian, Wujing, Guáqueta, Camilo, Strohman, Michael J., Vrasich, Chuck R., Luijten, Erik, ...
The aim for deterministic control of the interactions between macroions in aqueous media has motivated widespread experimental and theoretical work. Although it has been well established that...