Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Author "Brenner, Michael P."

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    • Biophysics of Molecular Gastronomy 

      Brenner, Michael P.; Sorensen, Pia (Elsevier BV, 2015-03)
      Chefs and scientists exploring biophysical processes have given rise to molecular gastronomy. In this Commentary, we describe how a scientific understanding of recipes and techniques facilitates the development of new ...

    • Nutrient depletion in Bacillus subtilis biofilms triggers matrix production 

      Zhang, Wenbo; Seminara, Agnese; Suaris, Melanie; Brenner, Michael P.; Weitz, David A.; Angelini, Thomas E. (IOP Publishing, 2014)
      Many types of bacteria form colonies that grow into physically robust and strongly adhesive aggregates known as biofilms. A distinguishing characteristic of bacterial biofilms is an extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) ...

    • Skating on a Film of Air: Drops Impacting on a Surface 

      Kolinski, John M.; Rubinstein, Shmuel M.; Mandre, Shreyas; Brenner, Michael P.; Weitz, David A.; Mahadevan, L. (American Physical Society, 2012)
      The commonly accepted description of drops impacting on a surface typically ignores the essential role of the air that is trapped between the impacting drop and the surface. Here we describe a new imaging modality that is ...

    • Slip, Yield, and Bands in Colloidal Crystals under Oscillatory Shear 

      Cohen, Itai; Davidovitch, Benny; Schofield, Andrew B.; Brenner, Michael P.; Weitz, David A. (American Physical Society, 2006)
      We study dense colloidal crystals under oscillatory shear using a confocal microscope. At large strains the crystals yield and the suspensions form shear bands. The pure harmonic response exhibited by the suspension rules ...