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Recent Papers

• Theory of raft formation by the crosslinking of saturated or unsaturated lipids in model lipid bilayers G. Garbes Putzel and M. Schick, Biophys. J. 96,4935 (2009).
• Stability and liquid-liquid phase separation in mixed lipid bilayers G. S. Longo and M. Schick and I. Szleifer, Biophys. J. 96, 3977 (2009).
• Phenomenological model and phase behavior of saturated and unsaturated lipids and cholesterol G. Garbes Putzel and M. Schick, Biophys. J. 95, 4756 (2008).
• Line tensions, correlation lengths, and critical exponents in lipid membranes near critical points A.R. Honerkamp-Smith, P. Cicuta, M.D. Collins, S.L. Veatch, M.P.M. den Nijs, M. Schick, and S.L. Keller, Biophys. J. 95, 236 (2008).
• Thermodynamics and the Phase Diagrams of Block Copolymers in Electric Fields (to appear in "Polymers, liquids and colloids in electric fields: Interfacial instabilities, orientation, and phase-transitions" Y. Tsori ed.)
• Calculation of free energy barriers to the fusion of small vesicles J.Y. Lee and M. Schick, Biophys. J. 94, 1699 (2008).
• Phase behavior of a model bilayer membrane with coupled leaves G. Garbes Putzel and M. Schick Biophys. J. 94, 869 (2008).
• Dependence of the energies of fusion on the inter-membrane separation: optimal and constrained J.Y. Lee and M. Schick, J. Chem. Phys. 127, 075102 (2007).
• Field theoretic study of membrane fusion III: Membranes with leaves of different composition J.Y. Lee and M. Schick, Biophys. J. 92, 3938 (2007).
• Biological and synthetic membranes: What can be learned from a coarse-grained decription? Marcus Mueller, Kirill Katsov, and M. Schick, Physics Reports 434, 113-176 (2006).
• Phase separation in bilayer lipid membranes: Effects on the inner leaf due to coupling to the outer leaf D. Allender and M. Schick, Biophys. J. 91, 2928 (2006).
• A microscopic model calculation of the phase diagram of ternary mixtures of cholesterol and saturated and unsaturated lipids" R. Elliott, I. Szleifer, and M. Schick, in "Lipid Rafts", volume 398 in the series "Methods in Molecular Biology", (Humana Press, Totowa N.J. 2007).
• Self-consistent-field study of the alignment by an electric field of a cylindrical phase of block copolymer Chin-Yet Lin and M. Schick, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 034902 (2006)
• Biological physics in four lectures and three applications; lecture notes from Fundamental Problems in Statistical Physics XI, Louvain, September 2005. M. Schick, Physica A 369, 100-121 (2006).
• Phase diagram of a ternary mixture of cholesterol and saturated and unsaturated lipids calculated from a microscopic model R. Elliott, I. Szleifer, and M. Schick, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 098101 (2006).
• Block copolymers in electric fields: A comparison of single-mode and self-consistent field approximations Y. Tsori, D. Andelman, C.-Y. Lin, and M. Schick, Macromolecules, 39 289-293 (2006).
• Field theoretic study of bilayer membrane fusion:II. Mechanism of a stalk-hole complex K. Katsov, M. Mueller, and M. Schick, Biophys. J. 90, 915-926 (2006).
• The central role of line tension in the fusion of biological membranes M. Schick, K. Katsov, and M. Mueller, Molecular Physics, 103, 3055-3059 (2005).
• Structural changes of diblock copolymer melts due to an external electric field: a self-consistent field theory study Chin-Yet Lin, M. Schick, and David Andelman, Macromolecules, 38, 5766 (2005).
• Fusion of biological membranes K. Katsov, M. Mueller, and M. Schick, Pramana J. Phys. 64, 1127 (2005)
• Phase separation of saturated and mono-unsaturated lipids as determined from a microscopic model R. Elliott, K. Katsov, M. Schick, and I. Szleifer, J. Chem. Phys., 122 044904-1 to 044904-11, (2005).
• Field theoretic study of bilayer membrane fusion: I. Hemifusion mechanism K. Katsov, M. Mueller, and M. Schick, Biophys. J. 87 3277-3290 (2004).
• Course-grained models and collective phenomena in membranes: Computer simulation of membrane fusion M. Mueller, K. Katsov, and M. Schick, Journal of Polymer Science Part B:Polymer Physics 41, 1441-1450 (2003).
• A new mechanism of model membrane fusion determined from Monte Carlo simulation M. Mueller, K. Katsov, and M. Schick, Biophys. J. 85, 1611-1623 (2003).
• Theory of the Effect of Unsaturation on the Main Chain Transition M. Scoville-Simonds and M. Schick, Phys. Rev. E67, 011911 (2003).
• Theory of T-Junctions and Symmetric Tilt Grain Boundaries in Pure and Mixed Polymer Systems D. Duque, K. Katsov, and M. Schick, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 10315 (2002).
• Molecular Theory of Hydrophobic Mismatch between Lipids and Peptides D. Duque, X.-J. Li, K. Katsov, and M. Schick, J. Chem. Phys. 116, 10478 (2002)
• New Mechanism of Membrane Fusion M. Mueller, K. Katsov, and M. Schick, J. Chem. Phys., 116, 2342 (2002).
• Theory of Tunable pH sensitive vesicles of anionic and cationic lipids or anionic and neutral lipids Xiao-jun Li and M. Schick, Biophys. J. 80, 1703 (2001).
• Self Consistent Field Theory of Twist Grain Boundaries in Block Copolymers Daniel Duque and M. Schick, J. Chem. Phys., 113, 5525 (2000).
• Fluctuations in mixtures of lamellar- and non-lamellar-forming lipids Xiao-jun Li and M. Schick, J. Chem. Phys., 112, 10599 (2000).
• Distribution of lipids in non-lamellar phases of their mixtures Xiao-jun Li and M. Schick, J. Chem. Phys., 112, 6063 (2000).
• Defects in lamellar diblock copolymers: Chevron and omega-shaped tilt boundaries Y. Tsori, D. Andelman, and M. Schick, Phys. Rev. E61, 2848 (2000).
• Theory of Lipid Polymorphism: Application to Phosphatidylethanolamine and Phosphatidylserine Xiao-jun Li and M. Schick, Biophys. J. 78, 34 (2000).
• Polymer Brushes: From Self-Consistent Field Theory to Classical Theory R.R. Netz and M. Schick, Macromolecules 31, 5105 (1998).
• Calculation of the Phase Behavior of Lipids , M. Mueller and M. Schick Phys. Rev. E57, 6973 (1998).
• Phase Behavior of Binary Homopolymer/Diblock Blends: Temperature and Chain Length Dependence , Philipp K. Janert and M. Schick Macromolecules, 31, 1109 (1998)
• Phase Behavior of Ternary Homopolymer/Diblock Blends: Microphase Unbinding in the Symmetric System , Philipp K. Janert and M. Schick, Macromolecules 30, 3916 (1997).
• Phase Behavior of Ternary Homopolymer/Diblock Blends: Influence of Relative Chain Lengths , Philipp K. Janert and M. Schick, Macromolecules, 30, 137 (1997).
• Interfaces of modulated phases, R.R. Netz, David Andelman, and M. Schick, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 1058 (1997)
• Classical theory of polymer brushes, R.R. Netz and M. Schick, Europhysics Letters 386, 37 (1997)
• Ordered phases in rod-coil diblock copolymers, M. Mueller and M. Schick, Macromolecules, 29, 8900 (1996)
• Bulk and Interfacial thermodynamics of a symmetric, ternary homopolymer-copolymer mixture: A Monte Carlo study, M. Mueller and M. Schick, J. Chem. Phys. 105, 8885 (1996)
• First-order unbinding and preunbinding in amphiphilic systems, Philipp K. Janert and M. Schick, Phys. Rev. E54, R33 (1996)
• Liquid-crystalline phases of semiflexible diblock copolymer melts, R.R. Netz and M. Schick, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 302 (1996)
• Self-assembly of block copolymers, M.W. Matsen and M. Schick, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 1, 329 (1996)
• Pore formation and rupture in fluid bilayers, R.R. Netz and M. Schick, Phys. Rev. E53, 3875 (1996)