Publications
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RNA folding analysis using mean free energy approach
R. Masuki, D. Liew, and E. H. Yong, In preparation.
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Emergence of helicity in double-stranded semiflexible chains with steric interactions
F. Dary, H. Liang, and E. H. Yong, forthcoming
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G4ShapePredictor: Machine learning-based folding topology prediction of unimolecular DNA G-quadruplex in K+ solution
D. Liew, Z. W. Lim, and E. H. Yong, forthcoming
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Elucidating Antibiotic Permeation Through the Escherichia coli Outer Membrane: Insights from Molecular Dynamics
J. Deylami, S. S. Chng, and E. H. Yong, forthcoming.
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Reply to van der Heijden and Starostin: On the persistent helicity of fluctuating ribbons
E. H. Yong, F. Dary, L. Giomi, and L. Mahadevan, PNAS, forthcoming
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N. Zhang and E. H. Yong,
“Dynamics, statistics, and task allocation of foraging ants,”
Phys. Rev. E 108, 054306 (2023).
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E. H. Yong, F. Dary, L. Giomi, and L. Mahadevan,
"Statistics and topology of fluctuating ribbons,"
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T. H. Gray, C. Castelnovo, and E. H. Yong,
"Enhanced diffusion in soft-walled channels with a periodically varying curvature,"
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H. Chen and E. H. Yong,
"How zealots affect the energy cost for controlling complex social networks,"
Chaos 32, 063116 (2022).
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H. Chen and E. H. Yong,
"Energy cost study for controlling complex social networks with conformity behavior,"
Phys. Rev. E 104, 014301 (2021).
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T. H. Gray and E. H. Yong,
"An effective one dimensional approach to calculating mean first passage time in multi-dimensional potentials,"
J. Chem. Phys. 154, 084103 (2021).
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H. Chen and E. H. Yong,
"Optimizing target node set for the control energy of directed complex networks,"
Sci. Rep. 10, 18112 (2020).
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T. H. Gray and E. H. Yong,
"Effective diffusion in one-dimensional rough potential energy landscapes,"
Phys. Rev. E 102, 022138 (2020).
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T. H. Gray and E. H. Yong,
"Overdamped Brownian dynamics in piecewise-defined energy landscapes,"
Phys. Rev. E 101, 052123 (2020).
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M. C. Stoddard, C. Sheard, D. Akkaynak, E. H. Yong, L. Mahadevan, and J. Tobias,
"Evolution of avian egg shape: underlying mechanisms and the importance of taxonomic scale,"
International Journal of Avian Science, 161(4), 922-925 (2019).
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H. K. Teoh and E. H. Yong,
"Renormalization group study of Nagel-Schreckenberg model,"
Phys. Rev. E 97, 032314 (2018).
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M. Zeng and E. H. Yong,
"Crooks Fluctuation Theorem in PT-symmetric Quantum Mechanics,"
J. Phys. Commun. 1, 031001 (2017).
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M. Zeng and E. H. Yong,
"Discrete-Time Quantum Walk with Binary Phase Disorder: Localization and Entanglement Entropy,"
Sci. Rep. 7, 12024 (2017).
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M. C. Stoddard, E. H. Yong, D. Akkaynak, C. Sheard, J. Tobias, and L. Mahadevan,
"Form, Function and Evolution of Avian Egg Shape,"
Science 356, 1249–1254 (2017).
Cover issue of vol. 356. Review Article on paper.
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E. H. Yong and L. Mahadevan,
"Statistical Mechanics and Shape Transitions in Microscopic Plates,"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 048101 (2014).
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E. H. Yong, D. R. Nelson and L. Mahadevan,
"Elastic Platonic Shells,"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 177801 (2013).
Cover article of 17th issue in 2013.
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O. Sahin, E. H. Yong, A. Driks and L. Mahadevan,
"Physical basis for the adaptive flexibility of bacillus spore coats,"
J. R. Soc. Interface, 9, 3156-3160, (2012).
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E. H. Yong and L. Mahadevan,
"Probability, geometry and dynamics in the toss of a thick coin,"
Am. J. Phys. 79(12):1195-1201 (2011).
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E. H. Yong and L. Mahadevan,
"Probability, geometry and dynamics in the toss of a thick coin,"
Am. J. Phys. 79(12):1195-1201 (2011).
Cover article of December 2011 issue.