Publications

Design and Construction of a One-Dimensional DNA Track for an Artificial Molecular Motor. S. Kovacic*, L. Samii*, D. N. Woolfson, P.M.G. Curmi, H. Linke, N.R. Forde and G.A. Blab. Journal of Nanomaterials, accepted

Tuning the performance of an artificial protein motor. N.J. Kuwada, M.J. Zuckermann, E.H.C. Bromley, R.B. Sessions, P.M.G. Curmi, N.R. Forde, D.N. Woolfson and H. Linke, Physical Review E, 84, 031922 (2011)

Positional stability of holographic optical traps. A. Farré, M. Shayegan, C. López-Quesada, G.A. Blab, M. Montes-Usategui, N.R. Forde and E. Martín-Badosa, Optics Express, 19, 21370-21384 (2011)

Time-dependent motor properties of multipedal molecular spiders. L. Samii, G.A. Blab, E.H.C. Bromley, H. Linke, P.M.G. Curmi, M.J. Zuckermann and N.R. Forde, Physical Review E, 84, 031111 (2011)

Using optical tweezers to study mechanical properties of collagen. N. Rezaei, B.P.B. Downing, A. Wieczorek, C.K.Y. Chan, R.L. Welch and N.R. Forde. in Photonics North 2011, edited by Raman Kashyap, Michel Têtu, Rafael N. Kleiman, Proceedings of SPIE, 8007 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2011) 80070K

Power spectral analysis for optical trap stiffness calibration from high-speed camera position detection with limited bandwidth. A. van der Horst and N.R. Forde. Optics Express, 18, 7670-7677 (2010)

Stretching single DNA molecules to demonstrate high-force capabilities of holographic optical tweezers. A. Farré*, A. van der Horst*, G.A. Blab, B.P.B. Downing and N.R. Forde. Journal of Biophotonics, 3, 224-233 (2010)

Biased motion and molecular motor properties of bipedal spiders. L. Samii, H. Linke, M.J. Zuckermann and N.R. Forde, Physical Review E, 81, 021106 (2010)

The Tumbleweed: towards a synthetic protein motor. E.H.C. Bromley, N.J. Kuwada, M.J. Zuckermann, R. Donadini, L. Samii, G.A. Blab, G.J. Gemmen, B.J. Lopez, P.M.G. Curmi, N.R. Forde, D.N. Woolfson and H. Linke, HFSP Journal 3, 204-212 (2009)

Probing the Elasticity of Short Proteins with Optical Tweezers. B.P.D. Downing, A. van der Horst, M. Miao, F.W. Keeley and N.R. Forde, in Optical Trapping Applications (Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2009), OTuA3

Position and Intensity Modulations in Holographic Optical Traps Created by a Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator. A. van der Horst, B.P.D. Downing and N.R. Forde, in Optical Trapping Applications (Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2009), OMB3

Calibration of dynamic holographic optical tweezers for force measurements on biomaterials. A. van der Horst and N.R. Forde, Opt. Express 16, 20987-21003 (2008)

Thermal Probing of E. coli RNA Polymerase Off-Pathway Mechanisms. Y.X. Mejia, H. Mao, N.R. Forde and C. Bustamante, J. Mol. Biol. 382, 628-637 (2008)

Brownian Motion in a Modulated Optical Trap. Y. Deng, J. Bechhoefer and N.R. Forde, J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 9, S256-S263 (2007) [special issue on optical trapping] Featured in the November/December 2007 issue of Europhysics News.

Comment on “Direct Measurement of the Oscillation Frequency in an Optical-Tweezers Trap by Parametric Excitation”. Y. Deng, N.R. Forde and J. Bechhoefer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 189082 (2007)

Mechanical processes in biochemistry. C. Bustamante, Y.R. Chemla, N.R. Forde and D. Izhaky, Ann. Rev. Biochem. 73, 705-748 (2004) [authors listed alphabetically]

Using mechanical force to probe the mechanism of pausing and arrest during continuous elongation by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. N.R. Forde, D. Izhaky, G.R. Woodcock, G.J.L. Wuite and C. Bustamante, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 99, 11682-11687 (2002)


Papers from Nancy's earlier life in Chemical Physics:


Characterization of nitrogen-containing radical products from the photodissociation of trimethylamine using photoionization detection. N.R. Forde, L.J. Butler, O. Sorkhabi, F. Qi, A. Suits and B. Ruscic, J. Chem. Phys. 113, 3088-3097 (2000)

Photodissociating Trimethylamine at 193 nm to Probe Dynamics at a Conical Intersection and to Calibrate Radical Detection Efficiency. N.R. Forde, M.L. Morton, S.L. Curry, S.J. Wrenn and L.J. Butler, J. Chem. Phys. 111, 4558-4568 (1999)

Electronic accessibility of dissociation channels in an amide: N,N-dimethylformamide photodissociation at 193 nm. N.R. Forde, L.J. Butler and S. A. Abrash, J. Chem. Phys. 110, 8954-8968 (1999)

Chemical Reaction Dynamics when the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation Fails: Understanding Which Changes in the Electronic Wavefunction might be Restricted. N.R. Forde, T.L. Myers and L.J. Butler, Faraday Discussions 108, 221-242 (1997)

The influence of local electronic character and nonadiabaticity in the photodissociation of nitric acid at 193 nm. T.L. Myers, N.R. Forde, B. Hu, D.C. Kitchen and L.J. Butler, J. Chem. Phys. 107, 5361-5373 (1997)

Photodissociation of Acrylic Acid at 193 nm. D.C. Kitchen, N.R. Forde and L.J. Butler, J. Phys. Chem. A 101, 6603-6610 (1997)