Kinetic energy release in fragmentation processes following electron emission: a time-dependent approach

A time-dependent approach for the kinetic energy release (KER) spectrum is developed for a fragmentation of a diatomic molecule after an electronic decay process, e.g., Auger process. It allows one to simulate the time-resolved spectra and provides more insight into the molecular dynamics than the time-independent approach. Detailed analysis of the time-resolved emitted electron and KER spectra sheds light on the interrelation between wave packet dynamics and spectra.     

Selective chemical imaging of static actin in live cells

We have characterized rationally designed and optimized analogues of the actin-stabilizing natural products jasplakinolide and chondramide C. Efficient actin staining was achieved in fixed permeabilized and non-permeabilized cells using different combinations of dye and linker length, thus highlighting the degree of molecular flexibility of the natural product scaffold. Investigations into synthetically accessible, non-toxic analogues have led to the characterization of a powerful cell-permeable probe to selectively image static, long-lived actin filaments against dynamic F-actin and monomeric G-actin populations in live cells, with negligible disruption of rapid actin dynamics.     

Second order asymptotics for the propagation speed of interfaces in the Allen-Cahn phase field model for elastic solids

For a phase field model, which consists of the elasticity equations coupled to the Allen-Cahn equation, we state an asymptotic expansion for the propagation speed of the diffusive interface. The error of the expansion is of order η², where η is the width of the interface. (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)