Publications – Liel Sapir

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L. Sapir, D. Harries. Restructuring a Deep Eutectic Solvent by Water: The Nanostructure of Hydrated Choline Chloride/Urea. J. Chem. Theo. Comp. 16, 3335-3342, 2020.
G. I. Olgenblum*, L. Sapir*, and D. Harries, Properties of Aqueous Trehalose Mixtures: Glass Transition and Hydrogen Bonding. J. Chem. Theo. Comp. 16, 1249−1262, 2020. *equal contribution.
A. Hassan, L. Sapir, I. Nitsan, R.T. Greenblatt Ben-El, N. Halachmi, A. Salzberg, and S. Tzlil. A Change in ECM Composition Affects Sensory Organ Mechanics and Function. Cell Reports 27, 2272–2280, 2019.
H. Viner, I. Nitsan, L. Sapir, S. Drori, and S. Tzlil. Mechanical Communication Acts as a Noise Filter. iScience 14, 58–68, 2019.
L. Sapir, S. Tzlil. Talking Over the Extracellular Matrix: How do Cells Communicate Mechanically? Sem. Cell Dev. Biol. 71, 99-105, 2017.
L. Sapir, D. Harries. Wisdom of the Crowd. Bunsen-Magazin. 19, 152-162, 2017.
L. Sapir, D. Harries. Revisiting Hydrogen Bond Thermodynamics in Molecular Simulations. J. Chem. Theo. Comp. 13, 2851-2857, 2017.
E. Meirzadeh*, L. Sapir*, H. Cohen, SR. Cohen, D. Ehre, D. Harries, M. Lahav, I. Lubomirsky. Nonclassical Crystal Growth as Explanation for the Riddle of Polarity in Centrosymmetric Glycine Crystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 14756-14763, 2016. *equal contribution.
L. Sapir, C.B. Stanley, D. Harries. Properties of Polyvinylpyrrolidone in a Deep Eutectic Solvent. J. Phys. Chem. A. 120, 3253−3259, 2016.
L. Sapir, D. Harries. Macromolecular Compaction by Mixed Solutions: Bridging versus Depletion Attraction. Curr. Opin. Coll. Int. Sci. 22, 80-87, 2016.
S. Sukenik, L. Sapir, D. Harries, Osmolyte induced changes to peptide conformational ensemble correlate with slower amyloid aggregation: a coarse-grained simulation study. J. Chem. Theo. Comp. 11, 5918−5928, 2015.
L. Sapir, D. Harries. Macromolecular Stabilization by Excluded Cosolutes: Mean Field Theory of Crowded Solutions. J. Chem. Theo. Comp. 11, 3478-3490, 2015.
L. Sapir, D. Harries. Is the depletion force entropic? Molecular crowding beyond steric interactions. Curr. Opin. Coll. Int. Sci. 20, 3-10, 2015.
L. Sapir, D. Harries. Origin of enthalpic depletion forces. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 1061-1065, 2014.
S. Sukenik*, L. Sapir*, D. Harries. Balance of enthalpy and entropy in depletion forces. Curr. Opin. Coll. Int. Sci. 18, 495-501, 2013. *equal contribution.
S. Sukenik, L. Sapir, R. Gilman-Politi, D. Harries. Diversity in the mechanisms of cosolute action on biomolecular processes. Faraday Disc. 160, 225-237, 2013.
L. Sapir, D. Harries. Linking Trehalose Self-Association with Binary Aqueous Solution Equation of State. J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 624-634, 2011.
R. Politi, L. Sapir, D. Harries. The impact of polyols on water structure in solution: A computational study. J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 7548-7555, 2009.