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Gustavo A. Carri
Associate Professor
of Polymer Science
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Ph.D., Polymer
Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2000
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M.S., Polymer
Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1996
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M.S.,
Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1995
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License, Physics, Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
Argentina , 1993
Research Interests
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Statistical mechanics of semiflexible
polymers, novel mathematical methods in polymer physics, statistical
physics of helical polymers, Monte Carlo simulations of helical
worm-like polymers, biopolymer dynamics in glassy solvents, molecular
dynamics simulations of biopolymers, morphologies of nanocomposites via
computer simulations, polymer dynamics
Contact Information
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Dr. Gustavo A. Carri
The University of Akron
Department of Polymer Science
Akron, Ohio
44325-3909
- Email: gac@uakron.edu
- Voice: (330) 972-7509
- Fax: (330) 972-5290
Recent
Publications
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On the Generalized
Borel Transform and its Application to the Statistical Mechanics of
Macromolecules, Marcelo Marucho and Gustavo A. Carri,
J. Math. Phys.
44,
6020-6031 (2003).
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Statistical
Mechanics of Worm-like Polymers from a New Generating Function.
Gustavo A. Carri and Marcelo Marucho.
J. Chem. Phys.
121(12), 6064-6077 (2004).
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A Minimal
Model for the Helix-Coil Transition of Worm-like Polymers. Insights from
Monte Carlo Simulations and Theoretical Implications, Vikas Varshney,
Taner E. Dirama, Taner Z. Sen and Gustavo A. Carri.
Macromolecules
37, 8794-8804 (2004).
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Statistical
Mechanics of Worm-like Polymers from a New Generating Function. II The
Force-elongation Relationship, Gustavo A. Carri.
J. Chem. Phys.
121(23), 12112-12114 (2004).
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Stretching
Helical Semiflexible Polymers. Vikas Varshney and Gustavo A. Carri.
Macromolecules
38, 780-787 (2005).
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Role of Hydrogen Bonds in the Fast Dynamics
of Binary Glasses of Trehalose and Glycerol: A Molecular Dynamics
Simulation Study. Taner E. Dirama, Gustavo A. Carri and Alexei P.
Sokolov. J. Chem. Phys.
122(11), 114505 (2005).
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A
Monte Carlo Simulation Study
of the Mechanical and Conformational Properties of Networks of Helical
Polymers. I. General Concepts. Gustavo A. Carri, Richard Batman,
Vikas Varshney and Taner E. Dirama.
Polymer 46(11),
3809-3817 (2005).
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Coupling Between
Lysozyme and Glycerol Dynamics: Microscopic Insights from Molecular
Dynamics Simulations. Taner E. Dirama, Gustavo A. Carri, and
Alexei P. Sokolov. J. Chem. Phys.
122, 244910 (2005).
- Coupling between
Helix-Coil and Coil-Globule Transitions in Helical Polymers. Vikas
Varshney and Gustavo A. Carri. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 168304 (2005).
- A Monte Carlo Simulation
Study of the Mechanical and Conformational Properties of Networks of
Helical Polymers. II. Effect of Temperature. Richard Batman and Gustavo
A. Carri. Polymer 46, 10128-10138 (2005).
- Physical Insights into
the Bio-preservation of Proteins by Glassy Solvents: Why is Glycerol
Better than Trehalose at Low Temperatures? Taner E. Dirama, Joseph E.
Curtis, Gustavo A. Carri and Alexei P. Sokolov. Pending submission to
Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Coupling Between
Lysozyme and Trehalose Dynamics. Microscopic Insights from Molecular
Dynamics Simulations. Taner E. Dirama, Joseph E. Curtis, Gustavo A.
Carri and Alexei P. Sokolov. J. Chem. Phys. 124,
034901 (2006).
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Inertial Suppression of
Protein Dynamics in a Binary Glycerol-Trehalose Glass, Joseph E. Curtis,
Taner E. Dirama, Gustavo A. Carri and Douglas J. Tobias, J. Phys. Chem.
B, 110(46) 22953 (2006)
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How Does the Coupling of
Secondary and Tertiary Interactions Control the Folding of Helical
Macromolecules? Vikas Varshney and Gustavo A. Carri. J. Chem. Phys.,
126(4) 044906 (2007).
Book
Chapters
- Microscopic Insights
into the Dynamics of Protein-Solvent Mixtures. Taner E. Dirama and
Gustavo A. Carri. Accepted.
Editorial Activities
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