Piotr Szymczak
Institute of Theoretical Physics
Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University
Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland
telephone: (+48 22) 55 32 256
fax: (+48 22) 621 94 75
email: piotrek[at]fuw.edu.pl
Research
My research focuses on complex systems involving many degrees of freedom in which collective interactions give rise to a rich zoology of physical phenomena. Besides the theoretical analysis, an important tool in tackling these problems are numerical simulations.
Current research topics include:
nonequilibrium growth processes, in particular dissolution in porous media and rock fractures
mechanical properties of protein molecules
Recent publications
P. Szymczak, H. Janovjak, Periodic forces trigger a complex mechanical response in ubiquitin, J. Mol. Biol., 390, 443, 2009 [pdf] (featured on the cover)
P. Szymczak, A. J. C. Ladd, Wormhole formation in dissolving fractures, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B06203, 2009 [pdf]
J. Sułkowska, P. Sułkowski, P. Szymczak, M. Cieplak, Stabilizing effect of knots on proteins, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 105, 19714, 2008 [pdf]
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