Complex Open Systems Research Network

Complex Open Systems Research Network

Professor Stuart Whittington

Professor Stuart Whittington

 
University of Toronto

Address: Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto
Toronto
Canada M5S 3H6
Phone: 416-978-5287
Fax: 416-978-5325
Email: swhittin@chem.utoronto.ca
Webpage: http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/~swhittin/
Research Node: International
 
 

Role in Network


Academic - Researcher


COSNet Research Themes

    1. Irreversibility and Emergence in Nonequilibrium Systems
    3. Dynamics and Statistics of Multi-Scale Systems
    4. Network Theory

COSNet Application Areas

    1. Complex Physical Systems
    2. Complex Biological Systems
 

Research Topics

statistical mechanics of strongly interacting systems such as phase transitions, critical phenomena and polymers  

Publications

J. Alvarez, E.J. Janse van Rensburg, C.E. Soteros and
S.G. Whittington, Self-avoiding polygons and walks in slits,
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41, 185004 (2008)

R. Brak, P. Dyke, J. Lee, A.L. Owczarek, T. Prellberg,
A. Rechnitzer and S.G. Whittington,
A self-interacting partially directed walk subject to a force,
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 42, 085001 (2009)

J. Alvarez and S.G. Whittington, Force-extension relations for adsorbing
polymers subject to a force,
J. Stat. Mech. P04016 (2009)

S.G. Whittington, Almost unknotted embeddings of graphs and surfaces,
Bussei Kenkyu 92, 11-15 (2009)

E.J. Janse van Rensburg, E. Orlandini, M.C. Tesi and
S.G. Whittington, Thermodynamics and entanglements of walks under stress,
J. Stat. Mech. P07014 (2009)

M. Atapour, C.E. Soteros and S.G. Whittington, Stretched polygons in
lattice tubes, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 42, 322002 (2009)

N. Madras, D.W. Sumners and S.G. Whittington, Almost unknotted
embeddings of graphs in $Z^3$ and higher dimensional analogues,
J. Knot Theory Ramifications 18, 1031-1048 (2009)

M. Baiesi, E. Orlandini and S.G. Whittington, Interplay between
writhe and knotting for swollen and compact polymers,
J. Chem. Phys. 131, 154902 (2009)

M. Atapour, C.E. Soteros, C. Ernst and S.G. Whittington, The
linking probability for 2-component links which span a lattice
tube, J. Knot Theory Ramifications 19, 27-54 (2010)

R. Brak, G.K. Iliev, A.L. Owczarek and S.G. Whittington,
The exact solution of a three dimensional lattice
polymer confined in a slab with sticky walls,
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 43, 135001 (2010)

 

End-User Applications

Understanding cellular function of biopolymers such as DNA  

Grants

NSERC Discovery Grant  

Membership/Fellowship of Key Organisations

Fellow of Institute of Physics