2007
Mapping Mouse Gamete Interaction Forces Reveal Several Oocyte Membrane Regions with Different Mechanical and Adhesive Properties †
Jégou A, Pincet F, Perez E, Wolf JP, Ziyyat A, Gourier C. Mapping Mouse Gamete Interaction Forces Reveal Several Oocyte Membrane Regions with Different Mechanical and Adhesive Properties †. Langmuir 2007, 24: 1451-1458. PMID: 18027975, DOI: 10.1021/la702258x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConfinement Free Energy of Surfaces Bearing End-Grafted Polymers in the Mushroom Regime and Local Measurement of the Polymer Density
Li F, Pincet F. Confinement Free Energy of Surfaces Bearing End-Grafted Polymers in the Mushroom Regime and Local Measurement of the Polymer Density. Langmuir 2007, 23: 12541-12548. PMID: 17988162, DOI: 10.1021/la7021374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymer chainsMushroom regimeFree energyEnd-Grafted PolymersSurface force measurementsSingle polymer chainSurface force apparatusEnd-tethered polymer chainsInteraction free energyGrafted polymersForce apparatusPolymer densityForce profilesPolymersConfinement free energyPolymer theoryLipid bilayersIdentical surfacesMushroomlike structuresFree energy approximationForce measurementsSurfacePlanar surfaceGood precisionChain
2004
Can Small Complex Chains Be Treated as Polymers?
Gourier C, Pincet F, Le Bouar T, Zhang Y, Esnault J, Mallet J, Sinay P, Perez E. Can Small Complex Chains Be Treated as Polymers? Macromolecules 2004, 37: 8778-8784. DOI: 10.1021/ma035905m.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
Energy of Hydrogen Bonds Probed by the Adhesion of Functionalized Lipid Layers
Tareste D, Pincet F, Perez E, Rickling S, Mioskowski C, Lebeau L. Energy of Hydrogen Bonds Probed by the Adhesion of Functionalized Lipid Layers. Biophysical Journal 2002, 83: 3675-3681. PMID: 12496134, PMCID: PMC1302442, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75367-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHydrogen bondsIntramolecular hydrogen bondsHydrogen-bonding groupsSurface force apparatusSingle hydrogen bondHydrogen-bonding partsMonolayer of lipidsDifferent energetic contributionsForce apparatusHydrophobic interactionsInteraction energyBondsKcal/Lipid layerEnergetic contributionsTheoretical studyAdhesion energyProtein systemsBond partProtein foldingProtein stabilizationHeadgroupsWaterSurfaceComplex structure
1997
Electrostatic Nanotitration of Weak Biochemical Bonds
Pincet F, Rawicz W, Perez E, Lebeau L, Mioskowski C, Evans E. Electrostatic Nanotitration of Weak Biochemical Bonds. Physical Review Letters 1997, 79: 1949-1952. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.79.1949.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
SPECIFIC FORCES BETWEEN DNA BASES
PINCET F, PEREZ E, BRYANT G, LEBEAU L, MIOSKOWSKI C. SPECIFIC FORCES BETWEEN DNA BASES. Modern Physics Letters B 1996, 10: 81-99. DOI: 10.1142/s0217984996000122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurface force apparatusChemical functional groupsNon-specific interactionsSpecific molecular interactionsForce apparatusMolecular recognitionH bondsFunctional groupsSize complementarityMolecular interactionsComplementary moleculesDNA basesSpecific interactionsAdhesion energyMoleculesNucleosidesSurfaceUnusual behaviorChemistrySize effectInteractionFluid characterSmall modificationsEnergyGood agreement