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cond-mat1996★ 74 cited
Pearling and Pinching: Propagation of Rayleigh Instabilities
Thomas R. Powers, Raymond E. Goldstein
A new category of front propagation problems is proposed in which a spreading instability evolves through a singular configuration before saturating. We examine the nature of this…
cond-mat1995★ 15 cited
Fluctuating Membranes with Tilt Order
Thomas Powers, Philip Nelson
Thermal fluctuations are important for amphiphilic bilayer membranes since typical bending stiffnesses can be a few . The rod-like constituent molecules are generically tilt…