Research Highlights
Research Bar
Yeast Mechanics Yeast Mechanics
Raman Microscopy Raman Microscopy
Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics
Spatial structure in intercellular interactions Spatial structure in intercellular interactions
Dynamics of Static Friction Dynamics of Static Friction
Internal Wave Reflection Internal Wave Reflection
Microtubule Mechanics Microtubule Mechanics
Brownian Motion in a Force Field Brownian Motion in a Force Field
Fracture of Rubber Fracture of Rubber

Recent Publications

Correlation between Voronoi volumes in disc packings
Song-Chuan Zhao, Stacy Sidle, Harry L. Swinney and Matthias Schröter, EPL 97 34004 (2012) pdf
Propagating and evanescent internal waves in a deep ocean model
M. S. Paoletti, Harry L. Swinney, Submitted - Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2012)
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
Millikelvin cooling of an optically trapped microsphere in vacuum
Tongcang Li, Simon Kheifets and Mark G. Raizen, Nature Physics 7 527-530 (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
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
Porosity dependence of sound speed
Theodore F. Argo IV, Matthew D. Guild, and Preston S. Wilson, Matthias Schröter,Charles Radin, and Harry L. Swinney, J. Acoustical Society of America 129 EL101-EL106 (2011) pdf
Buoyancy frequency profiles and internal semidiurnal tide turning depths in the oceans
Benjamin King, Mark Stone, H. P. Zhang, Theo Gerkema, M. Marder, Robert B. Scott, and Harry L. Swinney, Submitted - Journal of Geophysical Resarch - Oceans (2011)
Shearing of frictional sphere packings
J-F. Métayer, D. J. Suntrup III, C. Radin, H. L. Swinney and M. Schröter, 93 64033 (2011) pdf