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Michael Zwolak

Department of Physics
Oregon State University

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Postdoctoral position in nanoscale electronics and dynamics of biological molecules

Selected Articles

Topological Schr&oumldinger cats Non-local quantum superpositions of topological defects
Jacek Dziarmaga, Wojciech H. Zurek, Michael Zwolak
Nature Physics 8, 49 (2012)
See also Topological defects: Topology in superposition at Nature Physics
Schr&oumldinger Magnet A quantum phase transition in a quantum external field: The formation of a Schrödinger magnet
Marek M. Rams, Michael Zwolak, and Bogdan Damski
arXiv:1201.1932 (2012)

Atomic transport Interaction-induced conducting-nonconducting transition of ultra-cold atoms in 1D optical lattices
Chih-Chun Chien, Massimiliano Di Ventra, and Michael Zwolak
arXiv:1203.5094 (2012)
See also Bosonic and fermionic transport phenomena, Phys. Rev. A 85, 041601(R) (2012) - Rapid

DNA thermal transport Driving denaturation - Nanoscale thermal transport as a probe of DNA melting
Kirill Velizhanin, Chih-Chun Chien, Yoni Dubi, and Michael Zwolak
Phys. Rev. E 83, 050906(R) (2011) - Rapid Communications

Uncertainty relations Uncertainty relations from simple entropic properties
Patrick J. Coles, Roger Colbeck, Li Yu, and Michael Zwolak
arXiv:1112.0543 (2011)
See also, Relative entropy derivation of the uncertainty principle, arXiv:1105.4865 (2011)
Ion dehydration Quantized ionic conductance in nanopores
Michael Zwolak, Johan Lagerqvist, and Massimiliano Di Ventra
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 128102 (2009)
See also, Dehydration and ionic conductance, J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 22, 454126 (2010)
Read the LabTalk brief at Probing nanoscale physical processes with nanopores
Nanopore methods for sequencing Colloquium: Physical approaches to DNA sequencing and detection
Michael Zwolak and Massimiliano Di Ventra
Reviews of Modern Physics 80, 141 (2008)
See also, Noise effects on sequencing, Biophys. J. 97, 1990 (2009)
Read a "thesis" from Nature Physics: The law of accelerating returns
See also Quantum steps to better sequencing from Nature Nanotechnology
Quantum Darwinism Quantum Darwinism in a hazy environment
Michael Zwolak, H. T. Quan, and Wojciech H. Zurek
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 110402 (2009)
See also, Redundant imprinting of information in nonideal environments, Phys. Rev. A 81, 062110 (2010)
See also, The rise and fall of redundancy, arXiv:1205.3197 (2012)

Contact Information

Michael Zwolak
Department of Physics
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone : + 541 737 2786 
Cell : + 541 908 5506 
Fax : + 541 737 1683 
E-mail: mpzwolak {@} gmail {.} com
Alt E-mail: mpzwolak {@} physics {.} oregonstate {.} edu
Last Update: Jan. 2012
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