Faculty Research: Michael Schick

Degrees:
1967, Ph.D, Physics, Stanford University 1964, MS, Physics, Stanford University 1961, BA, Physics, Tufts University 1961, BS, Chemical Engineering, Tufts University

Awards and Professional Activities:
Alexander von Humboldt Senior Researcher Award

Fellow American Physical Society

Areas of Research:

Bio-Inspired Materials	Self-Assembled Systems
Biological Nanosystems

Selected Publications:
M. Scoville-Simonds and M. Schick, ``Theory of the effect of

unsaturation on the main chain transition'', Phys. Rev. E. Jan, 2003.



D. Duque, K. Katsov, and M. Schick, ``Theory of T-junctions and

symmetric tilt grain boundaries in pure and mixed polymer systems''

J. Chem. Phys. 117, 10315 (2002).

D. Duque, X.-j. Li, K. Katsov, and M. Schick, ``Molecular theory of

hydrophobic mismatch between lipids and peptides'' J. Chem. Phys.

116, 10478 (2002).



M. Mueller, K. Katsov, and M. Schick, ``New mechanism of membrane

fusion'', J. Chem. Phys. 116, 2342 (2002).



X.-j. Li and M. Schick, ``Theory of tunable pH sensitive vesicles

of anionic and cationic lipids or anionic and neutral lipids"

Biophys. J., 80, 1703 (2001).



Daniel Duque and M. Schick, ``Self Consistent Field Theory of Twist Grain

Boundaries in Block Copolymer Systems", J. Chem. Phys., 113, 5525 (2000)



X.-j. Li and M. Schick, ``Fluctuations in mixtures of lamellar- and

non-lamellar-forming lipids" J. Chem. Phys. 112, 10599 (2000).



X.-j. Li and M. Schick, ``Distribution of Lipids in Non-Lamellar

Phases of their Mixtures" J. Chem. Phys. 112, 6063 (2000).



Y. Tsori, D. A. Andelman, and M. Schick, ``Defects in Lamellar Diblock

Copolymers: Chevron- and Omega-shaped Tilt Boundaries" Phys. Rev.

E61, 2848 (2000)



X.-j. Li and M. Schick, ``Theory of Lipid Polymorphism: Application to

Phosphatidylethanolamine and Phosphatidylserine", Biophys. J. 78,

34 (2000).

Research Keywords:
self-assembly, membranes, fusion, polymers, surface-physics, defects, self-consistent-field-theory

Experticed Keywords:
self-assembly, membranes, fusion, polymers, surface-physics