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Two parallel lineage-committed progenitors contribute to the developing brain Open

Carolyn E. Dundes, Rayyan T. Jokhai, Hadia S. Ahsan, Rian Kang, Rachel E. A. Salomon-Shulman , et al. · 2025

The hindbrain is a life-sustaining brain region. In one model, a common neural progenitor generates all brain regions. Here our studies of mouse embryos and human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) support a different model: two parallel brain…

Observations of Freezing Lead Acid Batteries Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Open

Liam Stanton, Robyn Verrinder, Scott Paine, Justin Pead, Paul Barendse , et al. · 2025

Observations of Freezing Lead Acid Batteries Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Open

Liam Stanton, Robyn Verrinder, Scott Paine, Justin Pead, Paul Barendse , et al. · 2025

Anisotropic interactions for continuum modeling of protein–membrane systems Open

Tomas Oppelstrup, Liam Stanton, Jeremy O. B. Tempkin, Tuǧba N. Öztürk, Helgi I. Ingólfsson , et al. · 2024

In this work, a model for anisotropic interactions between proteins and cellular membranes is proposed for large-scale continuum simulations. The framework of the model is based on dynamic density functional theory, which provides a formal…

Charged-particle transport in high energy density plasmas Open

Stephanie B. Hansen, Lucas J. Stanek, B. M. Haines, S. X. Hu, Patrick Knapp , et al. · 2024

This Special Topic Collection grew out of two gatherings of researchers active in the high energy density (HED) physics community: a mini-conference on charged-particle transport in HED plasma held during the 64th annual meeting of the Ame…

Comparison of transport models in dense plasmas Open

Zachary Johnson, Luciano G. Silvestri, G. M. Petrov, Liam Stanton, Michael S. Murillo · 2024

We compare a variety of models used for the calculation of transport coefficients in dense plasmas, including average-atom models, models based on kinetic theory, structure matching effective potentials, and pair-potential molecular dynami…

General-Purpose Model of Laser Absorption for Radiation-Hydrodynamic Simulation Open

D. J. Strozzi, M. Sherlock, L. Divol, Nathaniel R. Shaffer, D. Turnbull , et al. · 2024

Review of the second charged-particle transport coefficient code comparison workshop Open

Lucas J. Stanek, Alina Kononov, Stephanie B. Hansen, B. M. Haines, S. X. Hu , et al. · 2024

We report the results of the second charged-particle transport coefficient code comparison workshop, which was held in Livermore, California on 24–27 July 2023. This workshop gathered theoretical, computational, and experimental scientists…

Review of: "Cooling Beer With a Wet Paper Towel" Open

Liam Stanton · 2023

Machine Learning-Driven Multiscale Modeling: Bridging the Scales with a Next-Generation Simulation Infrastructure Open

Helgi I. Ingólfsson, Harsh Bhatia, Fikret Aydin, Tomas Oppelstrup, César A. López , et al. · 2023

Interdependence across time and length scales is common in biology, where atomic interactions can impact larger-scale phenomenon. Such dependence is especially true for a well-known cancer signaling pathway, where the membrane-bound RAS pr…

Dynamic density functional theory of multicomponent cellular membranes Open

Liam Stanton, Tomas Oppelstrup, Timothy S. Carpenter, Helgi I. Ingólfsson, Michael P. Surh , et al. · 2023

We present a continuum model trained on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for cellular membranes composed of an arbitrary number of lipid types. The model is constructed within the formalism of dynamic density functional theory and can b…

Machine learning–driven multiscale modeling reveals lipid-dependent dynamics of RAS signaling proteins Open

Helgi I. Ingólfsson, Chris Neale, Timothy S. Carpenter, Rebika Shrestha, César A. López , et al. · 2022

Significance Here we present an unprecedented multiscale simulation platform that enables modeling, hypothesis generation, and discovery across biologically relevant length and time scales to predict mechanisms that can be tested experimen…

Dynamic Density Functional Theory of Multicomponent Cellular Membranes Open

Liam Stanton, Tomas Oppelstrup, Timothy S. Carpenter, Helgi I. Ingólfsson, Michael P. Surh , et al. · 2021

We present a continuum model trained on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for cellular membranes composed of an arbitrary number of lipid types. The model is constructed within the formalism of dynamic density functional theory and can b…

Efficient Learning of Accurate Surrogates for Simulations of Complex Systems Open

A. Diaw, Michael McKerns, Irina Sagert, Liam Stanton, Michael S. Murillo · 2021

Machine learning methods are increasingly deployed to construct surrogate models for complex physical systems at a reduced computational cost. However, the predictive capability of these surrogates degrades in the presence of noisy, sparse…

Effects of Anisotropic Coherency Strains on Intercalation in Phase-Separating Crystals Open

Liam Stanton, Martin Z. Bazant · 2021

Transport in non-ideal, multi-species plasmas Open

Liam Stanton, Scott Bergeson, Michael S. Murillo · 2021

Charged particle transport plays a critical role in the evolution of high energy-density plasmas. As high-fidelity plasma models continue to incorporate new micro-physics, understanding multi-species plasma transport becomes increasingly i…

Multiscale Modeling of Plasmas with Small Coulomb Logarithms: Electronic Transport Open

Michael S. Murillo, Liam Stanton · 2020

We present a final report based on our research activities under grant DE-SC0019369. This report summarizes the main goals, the personnel and institutions involved, the publications that resulted and the conclusions from the research.

Review of the first charged-particle transport coefficient comparison workshop Open

Paul Grabowski, Ole Hansen, Michael S. Murillo, Liam Stanton, Frank Graziani , et al. · 2020

Machine Learning-driven Multiscale Modeling Reveals Lipid-Dependent Dynamics of RAS Signaling Proteins Open

Helgi I. Ingólfsson, Chris Neale, Timothy S. Carpenter, Rebika Shrestha, César A. López , et al. · 2020

RAS is a signaling protein associated with the cell membrane that is mutated in 30% of human cancers. RAS signaling has been proposed to be regulated by dynamic heterogeneity of the cell membrane. Investigating such a mechanism requires ne…

A massively parallel infrastructure for adaptive multiscale simulations Open

Francesco Di Natale, Harsh Bhatia, Timothy S. Carpenter, Chris Neale, Sara Kokkila-Schumacher , et al. · 2019

Computational models can define the functional dynamics of complex systems in exceptional detail. However, many modeling studies face seemingly incommensurate requirements: to gain meaningful insights into some phenomena requires models wi…

Exploring the crossover between high-energy-density plasma and ultracold neutral plasma physics Open

Scott Bergeson, Scott Baalrud, C. Leland Ellison, Edward R. Grant, Frank Graziani , et al. · 2019

In this paper, we present ideas that were part of the miniconference on the crossover between High Energy Density Plasmas (HEDP) and Ultracold Neutral Plasmas (UNPs) at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of P…

Fast and Accurate Transport Coefficients for Dense Plasma Applications Open

Lucas J. Stanek, Raymond C. Clay, Kristian Beckwith, Liam Stanton, Michael S. Murillo · 2019

Controllable non-ideal plasmas from photoionized compressed gases Open

Gautham Dharuman, Liam Stanton, Michael S. Murillo · 2018

Based on a suite of molecular dynamics simulations, we propose a strategy for producing non-ideal plasmas with controllable properties over a wide range of densities between those of ultracold neutral plasmas and those of solid-density pla…

Multiscale Molecular Dynamics Model for Heterogeneous Charged Systems Open

Liam Stanton, James N. Glosli, Michael S. Murillo · 2018

Here, modeling matter across large length scales and timescales using molecular dynamics simulations poses significant challenges. These challenges are typically addressed through the use of precomputed pair potentials that depend on therm…

Molecular dynamics studies of electron-ion temperature equilibration in hydrogen plasmas within the coupled-mode regime Open

Lorin X. Benedict, Michael P. Surh, Liam Stanton, Christian R. Scullard, Alfredo A. Correa , et al. · 2017

We use classical molecular dynamics (MD) to study electron-ion temperature equilibration in two-component plasmas in regimes for which the presence of coupled collective modes has been predicted to substantively reduce the equilibration ra…

A generalized Ewald decomposition for screened Coulomb interactions Open

Gautham Dharuman, Liam Stanton, James N. Glosli, Michael S. Murillo · 2017

Medium-range interactions occur in a wide range of systems, including charged-particle systems with varying screening lengths. We generalize the Ewald method to charged systems described by interactions involving an arbitrary dielectric re…

Ionic transport in high-energy-density matter Open

Liam Stanton, Michael S. Murillo · 2016

Ionic transport coefficients for dense plasmas have been numerically computed using an effective Boltzmann approach. We have developed a simplified effective potential approach that yields accurate fits for all of the relevant cross sectio…

Publisher's Note: Unified description of linear screening in dense plasmas [Phys. Rev. E 91, 033104 (2015)] Open

Liam Stanton, Michael S. Murillo · 2015

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Unified description of linear screening in dense plasmas Open

Liam Stanton, Michael S. Murillo · 2015

Electron screening of ions is among the most fundamental properties of plasmas, determining the effective ionic interactions that impact all properties of a plasma. With the development of new experimental facilities that probe high-energy…

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