A. La Porta

2.4k citations

28 papers · 1.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 16

Molecular Biology
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 5%
Computational Mechanics top 2%
Ocean Engineering top 2%
Biomedical Engineering top 10%

Co-authors: Michelle D. Wang Eberhard Bodenschatz Alice Crawford Greg Voth Jim Alexander C. M. Surko Bernard Yurke R. E. Slusher
Topics: Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (8 papers)Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers)Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (4 papers)
Cited by: Structural Biology Computational Mechanics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Journals: Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Physical Review Letters
Partner nations: United States Australia India

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A. La Porta

28 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Measurement of particle accelerations in fully developed turbulence

2002 352 citations Greg Voth, A. La Porta et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Fabrication of birefringent nanocylinders for single-molecule force and torque measurement 2014 ·Nanotechnology ·(unknown),Jen-Chien Chang,A. La Porta,Edward T. Yu	8
2	Effect of handle length and microsphere size on transition kinetics in single-molecule experiments 2013 ·Physical Review E ·Jen-Chien Chang,(unknown),A. La Porta	14
3	Optimal reconstruction of the folding landscape using differential energy surface analysis 2013 ·Physical Review E ·A. La Porta,Natalia A. Denesyuk,(unknown)	2
4	Single-Molecule Study ofG-Quadruplex Disruption Using Dynamic Force Spectroscopy 2012 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown),Jen-Chien Chang,(unknown),A. La Porta	36
5	Noise associated with nonconservative forces in optical traps 2011 ·Physical Review E ·(unknown),Natalia A. Denesyuk,A. La Porta	3
6	E. coli NusG Inhibits Backtracking and Accelerates Pause-Free Transcription by Promoting Forward Translocation of RNA Polymerase 2010 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Kristina M. Herbert,Jing Zhou,Rachel A. Mooney,A. La Porta,Robert Landick,Steven M. Block	98
7	Sequence-Resolved Detection of Pausing by Single RNA Polymerase Molecules 2006 ·Cell ·Kristina M. Herbert,A. La Porta,Becky J. Wong,Rachel A. Mooney,Keir C. Neuman,Robert Landick,Steven M. Block	219
8	Optical Torque Wrench: Angular Trapping, Rotation, and Torque Detection of Quartz Microparticles 2004 ·Physical Review Letters ·A. La Porta,Michelle D. Wang	293
9	Molecular Mechanism of Transcription Inhibition by Peptide Antibiotic Microcin J25 2004 ·Molecular Cell ·Karen Adelman,Yulia Yuzenkova,A. La Porta,Nikolay Zenkin,Jookyung Lee,John T. Lis,Sergei Borukhov,Michelle D. Wang,Konstantin Severinov	141
10	Conditional and unconditional acceleration statistics in turbulence 2003 ·Physics of Fluids ·B. L. Sawford,P. K. Yeung,M. S. Borgas,Prakash Vedula,A. La Porta,Alice Crawford,Eberhard Bodenschatz	70
11	Single molecule analysis of RNA polymerase elongation reveals uniform kinetic behavior 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Karen Adelman,A. La Porta,Thomas J. Santangelo,John T. Lis,Jeffrey W. Roberts,Michelle D. Wang	154
12	Measurement of particle accelerations in fully developed turbulencebreakdown → 2002 ·Journal of Fluid Mechanics ·Greg Voth,A. La Porta,Alice Crawford,Jim Alexander,Eberhard Bodenschatz	352
13	Effect of Dilute Polymer Solutions on Dissipation Range Quantities in Bulk Turbulence 2001 ·APS ·Alice Crawford,A. La Porta,Eberhard Bodenschatz,Jim Alexander	3
14	A silicon strip detector system for high resolution particle tracking in turbulence 2001 ·Review of Scientific Instruments ·Greg Voth,A. La Porta,Alice Crawford,Eberhard Bodenschatz,(unknown),Jim Alexander	23
15	Predicting the motion of phase defects in a traveling-wave convection pattern 2000 ·Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena ·A. La Porta,C. M. Surko	7
16	Quantitative characterization of 2D traveling-wave patterns 1998 ·Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena ·A. La Porta,C. M. Surko	6
17	Phase defects and spatiotemporal disorder in traveling-wave convection patterns 1997 ·Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·A. La Porta,C. M. Surko	8
18	Dynamics of two-dimensional traveling-wave convection patterns 1996 ·Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·A. La Porta,C. M. Surko	16
19	Squeezing limits at high parametric gains 1991 ·Physical Review A ·A. La Porta,Richart E. Slusher	68
20	Back-Action Evading Measurements of an Optical Field Using Parametric Down Conversion 1989 ·Physical Review Letters ·A. La Porta,R. E. Slusher,Bernard Yurke	156

About A. La Porta

A. La Porta is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computational Mechanics and Computer Networks and Communications, having authored 28 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (8 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (32 citations), Computational Mechanics (434 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (622 citations). A. La Porta has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and India. Frequent co-authors include Michelle D. Wang, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Alice Crawford, Greg Voth, Jim Alexander, C. M. Surko, Bernard Yurke, R. E. Slusher, Rachel A. Mooney and Robert Landick. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

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