2 papers
cond-mat.soft2005
Entropy driven formation of a chiral liquid crystalline phase of helical filaments
Edward Barry, Zach Hensel, Michael Shribak +2
We study the liquid crystalline phase behavior of a concentrated suspension of helical flagella isolated from {\it Salmonella typhimurium}. Flagella are prepared with different pol…
cond-mat.soft2005
Self-diffusion of rod-like viruses in the nematic phase
M. Paul Lettinga, Edward Barry, Zvonimir Dogic
We measure the self-diffusion of colloidal rod-like virus {\it fd} in an isotropic and nematic phase. A low volume fraction of viruses are labelled with a fluorescent dye and disso…