Research Highlights
Research Bar
Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion
Multiscale Bacterial Analysis Multiscale Bacterial Analysis
Microtubule Mechanics Microtubule Mechanics
Optical Trapping of Biological Material Optical Trapping of Biological Material
Motor Regulation Motor Regulation
Cargo Transport in vivo Cargo Transport in vivo
Atomic Coilgun Atomic Coilgun
Brownian Motion in a Force Field Brownian Motion in a Force Field
3D Thermal Noise Imaging 3D Thermal Noise Imaging

Recent Publications

Propagating and evanescent internal waves in a deep ocean model
M. S. Paoletti, Harry L. Swinney, Submitted - Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2012)
Correlation between Voronoi volumes in disc packings
Song-Chuan Zhao, Stacy Sidle, Harry L. Swinney and Matthias Schröter, EPL 97 34004 (2012) pdf
Millikelvin cooling of an optically trapped microsphere in vacuum
Tongcang Li, Simon Kheifets and Mark G. Raizen, Nature Physics 7 527-530 (2011) pdf
Shearing of frictional sphere packings
J-F. Métayer, D. J. Suntrup III, C. Radin, H. L. Swinney and M. Schröter, 93 64033 (2011) pdf
Surviving Bacterial Sibling Rivalry: Inducible and Reversible Phenotypic Switching in Paenibacillus dendritiformis
Avraham Be’er, E.-L. Florin, Carolyn R. Fisher, Harry L. Swinney, and Shelley M. Payne, mBio 2 3 (2011) pdf
Direct observation of the full transition from ballistic to diffusive Brownian motion in a liquid
Rongxin Huang, Isaac Chavez, Katja M. Taute, Branimir Lukic, Sylvia Jeney, Mark G. Raizen, and Ernst-Ludwig Florin, Nature Physics1-5 (2011) pdf
Collective Motion of Surfactant-Producing Bacteria Imparts Superdiffusivity to Their Upper Surface
Avraham Be’er and Rasika M. Harshey, Biophysical Journal 101 3044 (2011) pdf
Harmonic generation by reflecting internal waves
Bruce Rodenborn, D. Kiefer, H.P. Zhang, and Harry L. Swinney, Physics of Fluids 23 026601 (2011) pdf
High precision and continuous optical transport using a standing wave optical line trap
Vassili Demergis and Ernst-Ludwig Florin, Optics Express 19 21 (2011) pdf
Shiver me timbers: Pulsatile contractility in model tissues
Vernita D. Gordon, PNAS 108 3313363-13363 (2011) pdf