Jan Kierfeld

Theorie Weicher Materie - Soft Condensed Matter Theory

Publications

Journal articles

• Coupling of actin hydrolysis and polymerization: Reduced description with two nucleotide states
  X. Li, R. Lipowsky, and J. Kierfeld, EPL 89, 38010 (2010).
  
  
• Morphological Transitions of Liquid Droplets on Circular Surface Domains
  P. Blecua, M. Brinkmann, R. Lipowsky, and J. Kierfeld, Langmuir 25, 13493-13502 (2009).
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• Actin Polymerization and Depolymerization Coupled to Cooperative Hydrolysis
  X. Li, J. Kierfeld, and R. Lipowsky, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 048102 (2009).
  Auxiliary Material [EPAPS] .
  selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 18 (3).
  
  
• Zipping mechanism for force generation by growing filament bundles
  T. Kühne, R. Lipowsky, and J. Kierfeld, EPL 86, 68002 (2009).
  
  
• Characterization of single semiflexible filaments under geometric constraints
  S. Köster, J. Kierfeld, and T. Pfohl, Eur. Phys. J. E 25, 439-449 (2008).
  
  
• Active dynamics of filaments in motility assays
  J. Kierfeld, K. Frentzel, P. Kraikivski, and R. Lipowsky, Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 157, 123-133 (2008).
  
  
• Crack propagation, arrest and statistics in heterogeneous materials
  J. Kierfeld and V. Vinokur, J. Stat. Mech., P04011 (2008).
  
  
• Stretching of buckled filaments by thermal fluctuations
  K. Baczynski, R. Lipowsky, and J. Kierfeld, Phys. Rev. E 76, 061914 (2007).
  selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 15 (1).
  
  
• Fluctuations of Single Confined Actin Filaments
  S. Köster, H. Stark, T. Pfohl, and J. Kierfeld, Biophys. Rev. Lett. 2, 155-166 (2007).
  
  
• Persistence length of semiflexible polymers and bending rigidity renormalization
  P. Gutjahr, R. Lipowsky, and J. Kierfeld, Europhys. Lett. 76, 994-1000 (2006).
  
  
• Line Tension Effects for Liquid Droplets on Circular Surface Domains
  P. Blecua, R. Lipowsky, and J. Kierfeld, Langmuir 22, 11041-11059 (2006).
  
  
• Buckling, Bundling, and Pattern Formation: From Semi-Flexible Polymers to Assemblies of Interacting Filaments
  J. Kierfeld, P. Gutjahr, T. Kühne, P. Kraikivski, and R. Lipowsky, J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci. 3, 898-911 (2006).
  
  
• Filament Ordering and Clustering by Molecular Motors in Motility Assays
  J. Kierfeld, P. Kraikivski, and R. Lipowsky, Biophys. Rev. Lett. 1, 363-374 (2006).
  
  
• Force-Induced Desorption and Unzipping of Semiflexible Polymers
  J. Kierfeld, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 058302 (2006).
  Auxiliary Material [EPAPS] .
  selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 12 (4).
  
  
• Enhanced Ordering of Interacting Filaments by Molecular Motors
  P. Kraikivski, R. Lipowsky, and J. Kierfeld, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 258103 (2006).
  Auxiliary Material [EPAPS] .
  selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 12 (1).
  MPG Press Release.
  
  
• Slow Crack Propagation in Heterogeneous Materials
  J. Kierfeld and V.M. Vinokur, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 175502 (2006).
  
  
• Discontinuous Unbinding Transitions of Filament Bundles
  J. Kierfeld, T. Kühne, and R. Lipowsky, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 038102 (2005).
  selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 10 (2).
  MPG Press Release.
  
  
• Wetting, budding, and fusion - morphological transitions of soft surfaces
  R. Lipowsky, M. Brinkmann, R. Dimova, C. Haluska, J. Kierfeld and J. Shillcock, J. Phys: Condens. Matter 17, S2885-S2902 (2005).
  
  
• Point force manipulation and activated dynamics of polymers adsorbed on structured substrates
  P. Kraikivski, R. Lipowsky, and J. Kierfeld, Europhys. Lett. 71, 138-144 (2005).
  
  
• Stability of liquid channels or filaments in the presence of line tension
  M. Brinkmann, J. Kierfeld, and R. Lipowsky, J. Phys: Condens. Matter 17, 2349-2364 (2005).
  
  
• Activated dynamics of semiflexible polymers on structured substrates
  P. Kraikivski, R. Lipowsky, and J. Kierfeld, Eur. Phys. J. E 16, 319-340 (2005).
  
  
• Competitive Localization of Vortex Lines and Interacting Bosons
  J. Kierfeld and V.M. Vinokur, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 077005 (2005).
  selected for Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity 8 (5).
  
  
• Droplets, bubbles, and vesicles at chemically structured surfaces
  R. Lipowsky, M. Brinkmann, R. Dimova, T. Franke, J. Kierfeld, and X. Zhang, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, S537-S558 (2005).
  
  
• Duality mapping and unbinding transitions of semiflexible and directed polymers
  J. Kierfeld and R. Lipowsky, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 38, L155-L161 (2005).
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• A general stability criterion for droplets on structured substrates
  M. Brinkmann, J. Kierfeld, and R. Lipowsky, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 37, 11547-11573 (2004).
  
  
• Stretching of semiflexible polymers with elastic bonds
  J. Kierfeld, O. Niamploy, V. Sa-yakanit, and R. Lipowsky, Eur. Phys. J. E 14, 17-34 (2004).
  
  
• Barrier crossing of semiflexible polymers
  P. Kraikivski, R. Lipowsky, and J. Kierfeld, Europhys. Lett. 66, 763-769 (2004).
  
  
• Single vortex fluctuations in type-II superconductors: Electromagnetic coupling and crossover to strong pinning
  J. Kierfeld, Phys. Rev. B 69, 144513 (2004).
  selected for Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity 6 (9).
  
  
• Lindemann criterion and vortex lattice phase transitions in type-II superconductors
  J. Kierfeld and V. Vinokur, Phys. Rev. B 69, 024501 (2004).
  selected for Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity 6 (2).
  J. Kierfeld and V. Vinokur, Phys. Rev. B 71, 029901 (2005), Erratum.
  
  
• Unbundling and desorption of semiflexible polymers
  J. Kierfeld and R. Lipowsky, Europhys. Lett. 62, 285-291 (2003).
  
  
• Theory of Plastic Vortex Creep
  J. Kierfeld, H. Nordborg, and V.M. Vinokur, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4948-4951 (2000).
  
  
• Dislocations and the critical endpoint of the melting line of vortex line lattices
  J. Kierfeld and V. Vinokur, Phys. Rev. B 61, R14928-R14931 (2000).
  
  
• Topological order in the phase diagram for high-temperature superconductors with point defects
  J. Kierfeld, Physica C 300, 171-183 (1998).
  
  
• Topological order in the vortex glass phase of high-temperature superconductors
  J. Kierfeld, T. Nattermann, and T. Hwa, Phys. Rev. B 55, 626-629 (1997).
  
  
• Interacting Arrays of Lines and Steps in Random Media
  J. Kierfeld and T. Hwa, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 4233-4236 (1996).
  
  
• Replica Symmetry Breaking in Renormalization: Application to the Randomly Pinned Planar Flux Array
  J. Kierfeld, J. Phys. I France 5, 379-388 (1995).
  
  

Book contributions

• Semiflexible Polymers and Filaments: From Variational Problems to Fluctuations
  J. Kierfeld, K. Baczynski, P. Gutjahr, and R. Lipowsky,
  in AIP Conference Proceedings 1002, Curvature and Variational Modeling in Physics and Biophysics,
  edited by O.J. Garay, E. Garcia-Rio, R. Vazquez-Lorenzo, pages 151-185 (2008).
  
  
• Cooperative Behaviour of Semiflexible Polymers and Filaments
  J. Kierfeld, P. Kraikivski, T. Kühne, and R. Lipowsky,
  in Traffic and Granular Flow `05,
  edited by A. Schadschneider, T. Pöschel, R. Kühne, M. Schreckenberg, D.E. Wolf, pages 239-249 (Springer, Berlin, 2007).
  
  

Theses

• Habilitation thesis:
  Strings and Filaments: From Vortices to Biopolymers
  J. Kierfeld, Habilitation, Universität Potsdam, Germany (2006). ( Populärwissenschaftlicher Abstract )
  
  
• PhD thesis:
  Topological Order and Glassy Properties of Flux Line Lattices in Disordered Superconductors
  J. Kierfeld, Dissertation, Universität zu Köln, Germany (1996).
  
  
• Diploma thesis:
  Zur Existenz der Vortex-Glas-Phase in Schichtsystemen (On the Existence of the Vortex Glass Phase in Layered Systems)
  J. Kierfeld, Diplom-Arbeit, Universität zu Köln, Germany (1993).
  
  

Miscalleneous (Press, Reports)

• Semiflexible Polymere und Filamente: Vom einzelnen Polymer zur aktiven biologischen Struktur
  Contribution for the Jahrbuch 2007 of the Max Planck Society (German only).
  
  
• Semiflexible Polymers and Filaments
  Contribution for the Biannual report 2005/2006 of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.
  
  
• Highlight in News from the Micro-Nano World
  in Small 10/2006, 2, 1117
  
  
• Order by Motion ( Ordnung durch Bewegung )
  MPG Press Release on filaments ordering in motility assays (German)
  
  
• How to Braid Nanoropes ( Wie flicht man Nanozöpfe? )
  MPG Press Release on filament bundles (nanoropes) (German)
  
  
• Semiflexible Polymers and Filaments
  Contribution for the Biannual report 2003/2004 of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.
  
  
• Semiflexible Polymers and Filaments
  Contribution for the Biannual report 2001/2002 of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.