Selected Publications

Biomolecular Physics with the Laboratory for Molecular Science at M.I.T.

Optimization of Electrostatic Interactions in the Presence of Aqueous Ions. E. Kangas and B. Tidor. (in preparation). Proposed Abstract

Electrostatic Complementarity at Ligand Binding Sites: Application to Chorismate Mutase. E. Kangas and B. Tidor. J. Phys. Chem. B 105: 880-888 (2001). Abstract

Optimizing Molecular Electrostatic Interactions: Binding Affinity and Specificity. E. Kangas. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctoral Thesis: June, 2000). View Thesis

Electrostatic Specificity in Molecular Ligand Design. E. Kangas and B. Tidor. J. Chem. Phys. 112: 9120-9131 (2000). Abstract

Electrostatic Optimization in Ligand Complementarity and Design. E. Kangas and B. Tidor. Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications (series). Optimization in Computational Chemistry and Molecular Biology : Local and Global Approaches 40: 231-242 (2000). Abstract

Enzyme and Antibody Catalysis of the Claisen Rearrangement of Chorismate: A Theoretical Perspective. E. Kangas and B. Tidor. Protein Science 8, suppl. 1: 78 (1999). The publication is a poster Abstract

Charge Optimization Leads to Favorable Electrostatic Binding Free Energy. E. Kangas and B. Tidor. Phys. Rev. E 59: 5958-5961 (1999). Abstract

Optimizing Electrostatic Affinity in Ligand-Receptor Binding: Theory, Computation, and Ligand Properties. E. Kangas and B. Tidor. J. Chem. Phys. 109: 7522-7545 (1998). Abstract

Specificity in Ligand-Receptor Binding. E. Kangas and B. Tidor. Protein Science 6, suppl. 2: 91 (1997). The publication is a poster Abstract

Liquid Crystal Physics with the Complex Fluids Group at C.W.R.U.

Dynamics of Helix Deformation in a Chiral Smectic C^* Liquid Crystal: Optical Experiments and Modeling. E. Kangas, J.-F. Li and C. Rosenblatt. Phys. Rev. E 53: 696-700 (1996). Abstract

Solitary Waves in an Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystal. J.-F. Li, X.Y. Wang, E. Kangas, C. Rosenblatt, Y. Suzuki, and P.E. Cladis. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 228: 73-82 (1996). Abstract

Reversible Propagating Fingers in an Anti-Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal. J.-F. Li, X.Y. Wang, E. Kangas, C. Rosenblatt, Y. Suzuki, and P.E. Cladis. Phys. Rev. B 52: R13075-R13078 (1995). Abstract

High Energy Physics with the Minimax (T864) Experiment at Fermilab

A Search for Disoriented Chiral Condensate at the Fermilab Tevatron - art. no. 032003. T. C. Brooks, et al. Phys. Rev. D 6103: 2003 (2000).

Results from the MiniMax Experiment at Fermilab. L. W. Jones, et al. 25th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Durban S. A. 6: 29 (1997).

Analysis of Charged-Particle-Photon Correlations in Hadronic Multiparticle Production. T. C. Brooks, et al. Phys. Rev. D 55: 5667-5680 (1997). Abstract

Preliminary Results From a Search for Disoriented Chiral Condensates at MiniMax. J. Streets, et al. Proceedings of the DPF Meeting, Minneapolis (World Scientific, Singapore, 1997): (1996).

Minimax, A Forward Charged-Particle and Photon Detector at the Tevatron. W. L. Davis, et al. Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41: 938 (1996).

Search for Disoriented Chiral Condensates. M. E. Convery, et al. Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41: 902 (1996).

Minimax: What Has Been Learned Thus Far. M. Convery, et al. Nuovo Cimento C 19: 1045-1049 (1996).

MINIMAX; a Modest Collider Experiment to Search for the Centauro Phenomenon; Disoriented Chiral Condensates. L. W. Jones, et al. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Cosmic Ray Physics, Rome 1: 886 (1995).

Hough Transform Tracking and Data Analysis in MiniMax. E. Kangas. CWRU Physics Dept. (Senior Thesis, 1995). HTML abstract and DPF documents

Studying the Structure of the Vacuum. E. Kangas. Proceedings of Ohio Space Grant Consortium Research Project Symposium, NASA Lewis Research Center (April 15, 1994). Abstract