Sara Capponi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of California at Irvine
D340 Medical Sciences I
Irvine, CA 92697-4560
Voice: 949-824-6993
FAX: 949-824-8540
E-Mail:
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S. Capponi, A. Arbe, S. Cerveny, R.Busselez, B. Frick, J.P. Embs, J. Colmenero (2011).
Quasielastic neutron scattering study of hydrogen motions in an aqueous Poly(vinyl methyl ether) solution.
J. Chem. Phys.
134, 204906.
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D. Racko, S. Capponi, F.Alvarez, J. Colmenero (2011).
The free volume of PVME as computed in a wide temperature range and at length scale up to the nano region.
J. Chem. Phys.
134, 044512.
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S. Capponi, A. Arbe, F. Alvarez, J. Colmenero, B.Frick, J.P. Embs (2009).
Atomic motions in Poly(vinyl methyl ether): A combined study by quasielastic neutron scattering and
molecular dynamics simulations in the light of the mode coupling theory.
J. Chem. Phys.
131, 204901.
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D. Racko, S. Capponi, F. Alvarez, J. Colmenero, J. Bartos (2009).
The free folume structure of a polymer melt, Poly(vinyl methyl ether), from molecular dynamics simiulations
and cavity analysis.
J. Chem. Phys.
131, 064903.
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E. Cornicchi, S. Capponi, M. Marconi, G. Onori, A. Paciaroni (2008).
Thermal fluctuations of DNA enclosed by glycerol-water glassy matrices: an elastic neutron scattering
investigation.
Eur. Biophys. J.
37, 583.
A Brief Curriculum Vitae
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2011 Ph.D., Physics, Donostia International Physics Center, San Sebastián, Spain
(with Profs. A. Arbe and J. Colmenero).
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2005 M.S., Physics (Laurea), University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
(with Profs. G. Onori and A. Paciaroni).
Research Interests
- Membrane proteins
- Aqueous polymer solutions and glass-forming systems
- Neutron scattering
- Molecular dynamics simulations
