Biography
Acting Chair, Physics Department; Associate Professor
BSc, MSc (Guelph); PhD (British Columbia)
James Polson uses computer simulations and analytical theoretical methods to study the physical properties of polymers in solution. Recently, his research has focused on the effects of solvent on the polymer collapse transition. The knowledge gained from this work could contribute to our understanding of the related process of protein folding, which in turn could lead to advances in the health sciences.
Recent Publications
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Free energy of a folded polymer under cylindrical confinement
- ArXiv, 2017
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Polymer translocation into and out of an ellipsoidal cavity
- arXiv, 2015
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Polymer segregation under confinement: Free energy calculations and segregation dynamics simulations
- arXiv, 2014
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Evaluating the applicability of the Fokker-Planck equation in polymer translocation
- Journal of Chemical Physics, 2014
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Simulation study of the polymer translocation free energy barrier
- The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013
Research Classification
- No classification given
Research Interests
- Polymer collapse and freezing
- Polymers and molecular motors
- Polymer translocation through nanopores
- Equilibrium and non-equilibrium polymer dynamics
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