Kirill Katsov
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[24] Biological and synthetic membranes: What can be learned from a coarse-grained description?
M. Mueller, K. Katsov, M. Schick
Physics Reports, 434, 113–176 (2006).

[23] Defects and their removal in block copolymer thin film simulations,
A. W. Bosse, S. W. Sides, K. Katsov, C. J. García-Cervera, G. H. Fredrickson
J. Poly. Sci. B, 44, 2495-2511 (2006).

[22] The central role of line tension in the fusion of biological membranes,
M. Schick, K. Katsov,  M. Mueller
Mol. Phys., 103, 3055-3059 (2005).

[21] Field theoretic study of bilayer membrane fusion: II. Mechanism of a stalk-hole complex
K. Katsov, M. Mueller, M. Schick
Biophys. J., 90, 915-926 (2006).

[20] Interfacial roughening induced by the reaction of end-functionalized polymers at a PS/P2VP interface: quantitaive analysis by DSIMS
B. J. Kim, H. Kang, K. Char, K. Katsov, G. H. Fredrickson, E. J. Kramer
Macromolecules, 38, 6106 (2005).

[19] Phase separation of saturated and mono-unsaturated lipids as determined from microscopic model
R. Elliott, K. Katsov, M. Schick, I. Szleifer
J. Chem. Phys., 122, 044904 (2005).

[18] Fusion of biological membranes
K. Katsov, M. Mueller, M. Schick,
Pramana - J. of Phys., 64, 1127-1134 (2005).

[17] Field theoretic study of bilayer membrane fusion: I. Hemifusion mechanism
K. Katsov, M. Mueller, M. Schick
Biophys. J., 87, 3277-3290 (2004).

[16] Composite mesostructures by nano-confinement
Y. Wu, G. Cheng, K. Katsov, S. W. Sides, J. Wang, J. Tang, G. H. Fredrickson, M. Moskovits, G. D. Stucky
Nature Materials, 3, 816-822 (2004).

[15] Coarse grained models for collective phenomena in membranes: Computer simulation of membrane fusion
M. Mueller, K. Katsov, M. Schick
J. Poly. Sci. B, 41, 1441-1450 (2003).

[14] A new mechanism of model membrane fusion determined from Monte Carlo simulation
M. Mueller, K. Katsov, M. Schick
Biophys. J., 85, 1611-1623 (2003).

[13] Theory of T-junctions and symmetric tilt grain boundaries in pure and mixed polymer systems
Daniel Duque, K. Katsov, M. Schick
J. Chem. Phys., 117, 10315-10320 (2002).

[12] Incorporating molecular scale structure into the van der Waals theory of the liquid-vapor interface
K. Katsov, J. D. Weeks
J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 8429-8436 (2002).

[11] Molecular theory of hydrophobic mismatch between lipids and peptides
Daniel Duque, Xiao-jun Li, K. Katsov, Michael Schick
J. Chem. Phys., 116, 10478-10484 (2002).

[10] New mechanism of membrane fusion
M. Mueller, K. Katsov, M. Schick
J. Chem. Phys., 116, 2342-2345 (2002).

[9] On the mean field treatment of attractive interactions in nonuniform simple fluids
K. Katsov, J. D. Weeks
J. Phys. Chem. B, 105, 6738-6744 (2001).

[8] Density fluctuations and the structure of a nonuniform hard sphere fluid
K. Katsov, J. D. Weeks
Phys. Rev. Lett., 86, 440-443 (2001).

[7] Using mean field theory to determine the structure of uniform fluids
K. Vollmayr-Lee, K. Katsov, J. D. Weeks
J. Chem. Phys., 114, 416-425 (2001).

[6] Determining liquid structure from the tail of the direct correlation function
K. Katsov, J. D. Weeks
J. Stat. Phys., 100, 107-134 (2000).

[5] Roles of repulsive and attractive forces in determining the structure of nonuniform liquids: Generalized mean field theory
J. D. Weeks, K. Katsov, K. Vollmayr
Phys. Rev. Lett., 81, 4400-4403 (1998).

[4] Intermolecular forces and the structure of uniform and nonuniform fluids
J. D. Weeks, K. Vollmayr, K. Katsov
Physica A, 244, 461-475 (1997).

[3] Effective rotational Hamiltonians on the basis of classical representations: Rotational spectrum of the KCN molecule in the ground vibronic state
S. V. Petrov, K. Katsov
Opt. Spectrosc., 82, 361-364 (1997).

[2] A-priori effective rotational Hamiltonians - rotational spectra of some simple molecular models
S. V. Petrov, K. Katsov
Chem. Phys. Lett., 246, 646-653 (1995).

[1] Effective rotational Hamiltonians within a classical approach - rotational terms of diatomic molecules
S. V. Petrov, K. Katsov
Opt. Spektrosk., 78, 738-741 (1995).




PhD
From unifrom to nonuniform liquids: A journey with density fluctuation theory
K. Katsov
Ph.D. Thesis, Chemical Physics, University of Maryland (2000).