Toan T. Nguyen (in Vietnamese: Nguyễn Thế Toàn)
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2002
Phone: (404) 385-7503
Room: Howey-W207
EMail: toan.nguyen [at] physics.gatech.edu
■ Research ■
Theoretical Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Biophysics : Virus assembly. Geometry and Elasticity of viral capsid. RNA and DNA condensation. Electrostatic effects in soft matter and biological systems (colloids, membranes, polymers).
To be expanded
■ Publications ■
- R. Zhang, and T. T. Nguyen,
A model of HIV budding and self-assembly, role of cell membrane.
Submitted to Phys. Rev. E (2008).
preprint: arxiv:0803.2860 - D. G. Angelescu, P. Linse, T. T. Nguyen, R. F. Bruinsma, Structural transitions of encapsidated polyelectrolytes, Eur. Phys. J. E, 25 (2008) 323.
- S.-I. Lee, and T. T. Nguyen,
Radial distribution of RNA genome packaged inside spherical
viruses ,
Phys. Rev. Lett., accepted for publication (2008).
preprint arxiv:0802.1741 - U. Raviv, T. T. Nguyen, R. Ghafouri, D. J. Needleman, Y. Li, H. P. Miller, L. Wilson, R. F. Bruinsma, and C. R. Safinya, Microtubule protofilament number is modulated in a step-wise fashion by the charge density of an enveloping layer, Biophys. J., 92 (2007) 278.
- T. T. Nguyen, and R. F. Bruinsma, RNA condensation and the wetting transition, Phys. Rev. Lett., 97 (2006) 108102.
- T. T. Nguyen, R. F. Bruinsma, and W. M. Gelbart, Continuum theory of retroviral capsids, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96 (2006) 078102.
- T. P. Bigioni, X.-M. Lin, T. T. Nguyen, E. I. Corwin, T. A. Witten, and H. M. Jaeger, Kinetically driven self assembly of highly ordered nanoparticle monolayers, Nature Materials 5, (2006) 265.
- T. T. Nguyen, R. F. Bruinsma, and W. M. Gelbart, Elasticity theory and shape transitions of viral shells, Phys. Rev. E, 72 (2005) 051923.
- T. T. Nguyen, A. Gopal, K. Y. C. Lee, and T. A. Witten, Surface charge relaxation and the pearling instability of charged surfactant tubes, Phys. Rev. E, 72 (2005) 051930.
- K. Elteto, E. G. Antonyan, T. T. Nguyen, and H. M. Jaeger, Model for the onset of transport in systems with distributed thresholds for conduction, Phys. Rev. B, 71 (2005) 064206.
- T. T. Nguyen, and B. I. Shklovskii, Model of inversion of DNA charge by a Positive polymer: Fractionization of the Polymer Charge, Phys. Rev. Lett., 89 (2002) 018101.
- T. T. Nguyen, and B. I. Shklovskii, Persistence length of a polyelectrolyte in salty water: A Monte-Carlo study, Phys. Rev. E, 66 (2002) 021801.
- T. T. Nguyen, and B. I. Shklovskii, Kinetics of macroion coagulation induced by multivalent counterions, Phys. Rev. E, 65 (2002) 031409.
- A. Yu. Grosberg, T. T. Nguyen, and B.I. Shklovskii, Low temperature physics at room temperature in water: Charge inversion in chemical and biological systems, Rev. Mod. Phys., 74 (2002) 329.
- T. T. Nguyen, and B. I. Shklovskii. A model of inversion of DNA charge by a positive polymer: fractionization of the polymer charge. Physica A, 310 (2002) 197.
- T. T. Nguyen, B. I. Shklovskii. Complexation of DNA with positive spheres: phase diagram of charge inversion and reentrant condensation, J. Chem. Phys., 115 (2001) 7298.
- T. T. Nguyen, and B. I. Shklovskii, Adsorption of multivalent ions on a charged surface: Oscillating inversion of charge, Phys. Rev. E, 64 (2001) 041407.
- T. T. Nguyen, and B. I. Shklovskii, Complexation of a polyelectrolyte with oppositely charged spherical macroions: Giant inversion of charge, J. Chem. Phys., 114 (2001) 5905.
- T. T. Nguyen, and B.I. Shklovskii, Overcharging of a macroion by an oppositely charged polyelectrolyte. Physica A, 293 (2001) 324.
- T. T. Nguyen, A. Yu. Grosberg, and B.I. Shklovskii. Screening and giant charge inversion in electrolytes. in More is different., edited by N. P. Ong and R. N. Bhatt, Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford (2001), p. 285.
- T. T. Nguyen, A. Yu. Grosberg, and B. I. Shklovskii, Lateral correlation of multivalent counterions is the universal mechanism of charge inversion. in Electrostatic effects in Soft Matter and Biophysics., Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Les Houches, France, 1-13 October 2000, ed. by C. Holm, P. Kékicheff, and R. Podgornik, NATO SCIENCE SERIES: II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Volume 46, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
- T. T. Nguyen, A. Yu. Grosberg, and B. I. Shklovskii, Screening of a charged particle by multivalent counterions in salty water: Giant charge inversion, J. Chem. Phys., 113 (2000) 1110.
- T. T. Nguyen, A. Yu. Grosberg, and B. I. Shklovskii, Charged surface in salty water with multivalent ions: Giant inversion of charge, Phys. Rev. Lett., 85 (2000) 1568.
- T. T. Nguyen, I. Rouzina, and B. I. Shklovskii, Reentrant Condensation of DNA induced by Multivalent Counterions, J. Chem. Phys., 112 (2000) 2562.
- T. T. Nguyen, I. Rouzina, and B. I. Shklovskii, Negative electrostatic contribution to the bending rigidity of charged membranes and polyelectrolytes screened by multivalent counterions. Phys. Rev. E, 60 (1999) 7032.
- B. Q. Nguyen, T. T. Nguyen, N. Chhoumm, and P. C. Tran, The theory of absorption of a weak electromagnetic wave by free electrons in semiconductor superlattices. Communications in Physics, 6 (1996) 33.
- B. Q. Nguyen, T. T. Nguyen, and N. Chhoumm, The absorption of a weak electromagnetic wave by free electrons in semiconductor superlattices in the presence of a quantizing magnetic field. J. Sci. of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 12 (1996) 43.
■ Honors and Awards ■
- Aneesur Rahman Prize awarded by the School of Physics and Astronomy, the University of Minnesota, 2002.
- Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship awarded by the Graduate School, the University of Minnesota, 2001.
- First prize "Student - Scientific Researching" and "Diploma of Merit" awarded by Minister of Education and Training, 1994.
- Second prize "Informatics Olympic of Students" organized by Vietnam Informatics Society and Vietnam national Union of students, 1993.
- GenPacific scholarship granted in 1992 by Vietnam National Union of Students for Outstanding achievement in studying and exerting.
