Biography
Professor, Physics
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 cost of localizing a single monomer of a confined polymer
- Physical Review E, 2019
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Polymer translocation into cavities: Effects of confinement geometry, crowding, and bending rigidity on the free energy
- Physical Review E, 2019
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Segregation of polymers under cylindrical confinement: effects of polymer topology and crowding
- Soft Matter, 2018
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Segregation of polymers under cylindrical confinement: Effects of polymer topology and crowding
- ArXiv, 2018
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Free energy of a folded semiflexible polymer confined to a nanochannel of various geometries
- arXiv, 2018
Research Classification
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