Carlos A. Plata

Carlos A. Plata

Post-Doc in Physics at the University of Padova

Publications

Modelling the Unfolding Pathway of Biomolecules: Theoretical Approach and Experimental Prospect

Published in Coupled Mathematical Models for Physical and Nanoscale Systems and their Applications, 2018

We give a more sophisticated version of our model for predicting the unfolding pathway in proteins showing its theoretical robustness and providing some experimental prospects.

Recommended citation: C. A. Plata and A. Prados, Modelling the Unfolding Pathway of Biomolecules: Theoretical Approach and Experimental Prospect. In Luis L. Bonilla, Efthimios Kaxiras, and Roderick Melnik (editors),Workshop on Coupled Mathematical Models for Physical and Biological Nanoscale Systems and Their Applications (Springer International Publishing, 2018). https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-76599-0_8

Relevance of the Speed and Direction of Pulling in Simple Modular Proteins

Published in Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2018

Steered molecular dynamics of a really simple construct helps us to discuss the validity of our simple model for predicting the unfolding pathway of proteins.

Recommended citation: C. A. Plata, Z. N. Scholl, P. E. Marszalek and A. Prados, Relevance of the Speed and Direction of Pulling in Simple Modular Proteins, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 14, 2910 (2018) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00347

Lattice models for granular-like velocity fields: Finite-size effects

Published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiments, 2016

In this paper, we perform a deeper study of the size effects of our simple lattice granular model.

Recommended citation: C. A. Plata, A. Manacorda, A. Lasanta, A. Puglisi, and A. Prados, Lattice models for granular-like velocity fields: finite-size effects, J. Stat. Mech. 2016, 093203 http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-5468/2016/09/093203/meta

Lattice Models for Granular-Like Velocity Fields: Hydrodynamic Description

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics, 2016

In this paper, a simple lattice model useful in the context of shear modes in granular gases is put forward and analyzed.

Recommended citation: A. Manacorda, C. A. Plata, A. Lasanta, A. Puglisi, and A. Prados, Lattice Models for Granular-Like Velocity Fields: Hydrodynamic Description, J. Stat. Phys. 164, 810-841 (2016) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10955-016-1575-z

Comment on Critique and correction of the currently accepted solution of the infinite spherical well in quantum mechanics by Huang Young-Sea and Thomann Hans-Rudolph

Published in Europhysics Letters, 2016

In this comment, we look into the problem of the infinite spherical well hilighting the well-defined traditional solutions.

Recommended citation: A. Prados and C. A. Plata, Comment on Critique and correction of the currently accepted solution of the infinite spherical well in quantum mechanics by Huang Young-Sea and Thomann Hans-Rudolph", EPL 116, 60011 (2016) http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/0295-5075/116/60011/meta

Understanding the dependence on the pulling speed of the unfolding pathway of proteins

Published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2015

In this paper, a model for predicting the unfolding pathway of modular proteins is studied.

Recommended citation: C. A. Plata, F. Cecconi, M. Chinappi, and A. Prados, Understanding the dependence on the pulling speed of the unfolding pathway of proteins, J. Stat. Mech. 2015 P08003 http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-5468/2015/08/P08003/meta