Eugene Terentjev
Eugene M. Terentjev is professor of Polymer physics at the University of Cambridge, and fellow of Queens' College where he is the Director of Studies in Natural Sciences.
Terentjev earned his MSc in Physics from Moscow State University, and his PhD from Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. He then carried out postdoctoral research at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, before moving to Cambridge in 1992.
Terentjev's h-index is over 60, with over 16000 citations to his articles.
Selected publications
- "F1 rotary motor of ATP synthase is driven by the torsionally asymmetric drive shaft." O. Kulish, A.D. Wright, E.M. Terentjev: Sci. Rep., 6, 28180.
- "How cells feel: stochastic model for a molecular mechanosensor." M. Escude, M.K. Rigozzi, E.M. Terentjev: Biophys. J., 106, 124–133.
- "Mouldable liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators with exchangeable covalent bonds." Z. Pei, Y. Yang, Q. Chen, E.M. Terentjev, Y.Wei, Y. Ji: Nature Mater. 13, 36-41.
- "A chain mechanism for flagellum growth." L.D.B. Evans, S. Poulter, E.M. Terentjev, C. Hughes, G.M. Fraser: Nature, 504, 287-290.
- "Strength of nanotubes, filaments and nanowires from sonication-induced scission." Y.Y. Huang, T.P.J. Knowles and E.M. Terentjev: Adv. Mater. 21, 1–4 .
- "Photo-mechanical actuation in polymer-nanotube composites." S.V. Ahir, E.M. Terentjev: Nature Mater. 4, 491–495.
