Experimental characterization of vibrated granular rings    p. 1 Z. A. Daya, E. Ben-Naim and R. E. Ecke Published online: 10 October 2006 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10038-8 Abstract PDF (440.1 KB)

Effective creases and contact angles between membrane domains with high spontaneous curvature    p. 11 J. -B. Fournier and M. Ben Amar Published online: 28 September 2006 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10039-7 Abstract PDF (155.8 KB)

Anomalous thermal denaturing of proteins adsorbed to nanoparticles    p. 19 J. H. Teichroeb, J. A. Forrest, V. Ngai and L. W. Jones Published online: 16 October 2006 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10040-2 Abstract PDF (157.8 KB)

Renormalization group analysis of polymer cyclization with non-equilibrium initial conditions    p. 25 B. A. Friedman and C. Yeung Published online: 6 October 2006 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10042-0 Abstract PDF (136.1 KB)

Swelling of two-dimensional polymer rings by trapped particles    p. 33 E. Haleva and H. Diamant Published online: 9 October 2006 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10041-1 Abstract PDF (221.8 KB)

Wormlike lipid/DNA micelles in a non-polar solvent    p. 41 A. Hohner, J. Bayer and J. O. Rädler Published online: 16 October 2006 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10043-y Abstract PDF (768.1 KB)

Shear modulus of two-dimensional foams: The effect of area dispersity and disorder    p. 49 S. J. Cox and E. L. Whittick Published online: 19 October 2006 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10044-x Abstract PDF (341.0 KB)

c-director relaxation around a vortex of strength +1 in free-standing smectic-C films    p. 57 A. Eremin, Ch. Bohley and R. Stannarius Published online: 9 November 2006 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10046-8 Abstract PDF (1.024 MB)

Rubber friction on smooth surfaces    p. 69 B. N. J. Persson and A. I. Volokitin Published online: 9 November 2006 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10045-9 Abstract PDF (610.0 KB)

Fracture of a biopolymer gel as a viscoplastic disentanglement process    p. 81 T. Baumberger, C. Caroli and D. Martina Published online: 9 November 2006 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10048-6 Abstract PDF (283.0 KB)

Shrinkage dynamics of a vesicle in surfactant solutions    p. 91 M. Kaga and T. Ohta Published online: 7 November 2006 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10050-0 Abstract PDF (499.6 KB)