List of Publications

Journal Articles

  1. G. Lois, J. Blawzdziewicz, and C. S. O'Hern, ``Protein folding on rugged energy landscapes: Conformational diffusion on a fractal network'', submitted to J. Chem. Phys. (2009).[pdf]
  2. G.-J. Gao, J. Blawzdziewicz, and C. S. O'Hern, ``Geometrical families of mechanically stable granular packings'', to appear in Phys. Rev. E (2009).[pdf]
  3. G. Lois, J. Xie, T. Majmudar, S. Henkes, B. Chakraborty, C. S. O'Hern, and R. P. Behringer, ``Entropic origin of stress correlations in granular materials'', submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (2009).[pdf]
  4. G.-J. Gao, J. Blawzdziewicz, C. S. O'Hern, and M. Shattuck, ``Experimental demonstration of nonuniform frequency distributions of mechanically stable granular packings'', submitted to Phys. Rev. E (2009).[pdf]
  5. M. Mailman, C. F. Schreck, B. Chakraborty, and C. S. O'Hern, ``Jamming in systems composed of ellipse-shaped particles'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 255501.[pdf]
  6. G. Lois, J. Blawzdziewicz, and C. S. O'Hern, ``A percolation model for glassy dynamics in disordered materials'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 015702.[pdf]
  7. M. Lundberg, K. Krishan, N. Xu, C. S. O'Hern, and M. Dennin, ``Comparison of low amplitude oscillatory shear in experimental and computational studies of model foams'', Phys. Rev. E 79 (2009) 041405. [pdf]
  8. A. L. Cortajarena, G. Lois, E. Sherman, C. S. O'Hern, L. Regan, and G. Haran, ``Non-random-coil behavior as a consequence of extensive PPII structure in the denatured state'', J. Mol. Biol. 382 (2008) 203. [pdf]
  9. P. Pal, C. S. O'Hern, J. Blawzdziewicz, E. R. Dufresne, and R. Stinchcombe, ``A minimal model for kinetic arrest'', Phys. Rev. E 78 (2008) 011111. [pdf]
  10. G. Lois, J. Blawzdziewicz, and C. S. O'Hern, ``Reliable protein folding on non-funneled energy landscapes: The free energy reaction path'', Biophys. J. 95 (2008) 2692. [pdf]
  11. M. Lundberg, K. Krishan, N. Xu, C. S. O'Hern, and M. Dennin, ``Reversible Plasticity in Amorphous Materials'', Phys. Rev. E 77 (2008) 041505. [pdf]
  12. G. Lois, J. Blawzdziewicz, and C. S. O'Hern, ``The Jamming Transition and New Universality Classes of Percolation in Particulate Systems with Attraction'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008) 028001. [pdf]
  13. S. Henkes, C. S. O'Hern, and B. Chakraborty, ``Entropy and Temperature of a Static Granular Assembly: An Ab Initio Approach'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 038002. [pdf]
  14. G.-J. Gao, J. Blawzdziewicz, and C. S. O'Hern, ``Enumeration of
    distinct mechanically stable disk packings in small systems'', Phil. Mag. B 87 (2007) 425. [pdf]
  15. G.-J. Gao, J. Blawzdziewicz, and C. S. O'Hern, ``Studies of the
    Frequency Distribution of Mechanically Stable Disk Packings'', Phys. Rev. E 74 (2006) 061304. [pdf]
  16. N. Xu and C. S. O'Hern, ``Measurements of the yield stress in frictionless granular systems'', Phys. Rev. E 73 (2006) 061303. [pdf]
  17. N. Xu, C. S. O'Hern, and L. Kondic, ``Stabilization of nonlinear velocity profiles in athermal systems undergoing planar shear flow'', Phys. Rev. E 72 (2005) 041504. [pdf]
  18. N. Xu, J. Blawzdziewicz, and C. S. O'Hern, ``Reexamination of random close packing: Ways to pack frictionless disks'', Phys. Rev. E 71 (2005) 061306. [pdf]
  19. N. Xu and C. S. O'Hern, ``Effective temperature in athermal systems sheared at fixed normal load'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005) 055701. [pdf]
  20. N. Xu, C. S. O'Hern, and L. Kondic, ``Velocity profiles in repulsive athermal systems under shear'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005) 016001. [pdf]
  21. C. S. O'Hern, A. J. Liu, and S. R. Nagel, ``Effective temperatures in driven systems: Static vs. time-dependent relations'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 165702. [pdf]
  22. C. S. O'Hern, L. E. Silbert, A. J. Liu, and S. R. Nagel, ``Jamming at zero temperature and zero applied stress: The epitome of disorder'', Phys. Rev. E 68 (2003) 011306. [pdf]
  23. I. K. Ono, C.S. O'Hern, D. J. Durian, S. A. Langer, A. J. Liu, and S. R. Nagel, ``Effective Temperatures of a Driven System near Jamming'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 095703. [pdf]
  24. C.S. O'Hern, S. A. Langer, A. J. Liu, and S. R. Nagel, ``Random Packings of Frictionless Particles'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002) 075507. [pdf]
  25. C.S. O'Hern, S. A. Langer, A. J. Liu, and S. R. Nagel,``Force distributions near the jamming and glass transitions'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 86(2001) 111. [pdf]
  26. L. Golubovic, T. C. Lubensky, and C. S. O'Hern. ``Structural properties of the sliding columnar phase in layered liquid crystalline systems'', Phys. Rev. E 62 (2000) 1069. [pdf]
  27. C.S. O'Hern, T. C. Lubensky, and J. Toner, ``Sliding phases in xy-models, crystals, and cationic lipid-DNA complexes'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 (1999) 2745. [pdf]
  28. C. S. O'Hern and T.C. Lubensky, ``Sliding columnar phase of DNA-lipid complexes'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (1998) 4345. [pdf]
  29. C.S. O'Hern and T. C. Lubensky, ``Nonlinear elasticity theory of the sliding columnar phase'', Phys. Rev. E 58 (1998) 5948. [pdf]
  30. C. S. O'Hern, R. D. Kamien, T.C. Lubensky, and P. Nelson, ``Elasticity theory of a twisted stack of plates'', European Physical Journal B 1 (1998) 95. [pdf]
  31. R. D. Kamien, T.C. Lubensky, C. S. O'Hern, and Philip Nelson, ``Direct determination of DNA twist-stretch coupling'', Europhys. Lett. 38 (1997) 237. [pdf]
  32. C. S. O'Hern, D. A. Egolf, and H. S. Greenside, ``Lyapunov spectral analysis of a nonequilibrium Ising-like transition'', Phys. Rev. E 53 (1996) 3374. [pdf]
  33. Brian Miller, C. O'Hern, and R. P. Behringer, ``Stress fluctuations for continuously sheared granular materials'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 77 (1996) 3110. [pdf]

Proceedings

  1. L. Kondic, C. S. O'Hern, and R. P. Behringer, ``Dense granular systems: From theory to Applications'', Siam News, 40 (2007) 13.
  2. G.-J. Gao, J. Blawzdziewicz, and C. S. O'Hern, ``Testing the equal-probability assumption for jammed particle packings'', Reports of the Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, 19 (2007) 23.
  3. N. Xu and C. S. O'Hern, ``Effective temperatures in repulsive glasses sheared at fixed normal load'', Powders and Grains, eds. R. Garcia-Rojo, H. J. Hermann, and S. McNamara, (A. A. Balkema, Leiden, 2005).
  4. C.S. O'Hern, Stephen A. Langer, Andrea J. Liu, and S. R. Nagel, ``Jamming in liquids and granular materials'', Materials Research Society Proceedings, The Granular State, 627 (2000) BB1.1.
  5. C. S. O'Hern, R. D. Kamien, T. C. Lubensky, and P. Nelson, ``Twist-stretch elasticity of DNA'', Materials Research Society Proceedings, Statistical Mechanics in Physics and Biology,
    463 (1997) 43. [pdf]

Book Chapters

  1. C. F. Schreck and C. S. O'Hern, "Computational methods to study jammed systems", in Experimental and Computational Techniques in Soft Condensed Matter Physics, ed. by J. S. Olafsen, (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2009).