Martin Grant, McGill University

Latest papers

Phase field crystal models with applications to laser deposition: A review
Structural Dynamics · 2024 · senior author
Kinetic roughening of the urban skyline.
Physical review. E · 2020 · senior author
Phase-field crystal for an antiferromagnet with elastic interactions.
Physical review. E · 2019 · senior author

All 28 publications

Latest funding

Nonequilibrium and metastable structures
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$240,600
Nonequilibrium and metastable structures
NSERC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Nonequilibrium structures
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$33,000

All 13 grants and awards

28 publications.

01

Phase field crystal models with applications to laser deposition: A review

Burns D, Provatas N, Grant M

Structural Dynamics20243 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1063/4.0000226

02

Kinetic roughening of the urban skyline.

Najem S, Krayem A, Ala-Nissila T, Grant M

Physical review. E2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.050301 PMID: 32575232

03

Phase-field crystal for an antiferromagnet with elastic interactions.

Faghihi N, Mkhonta S, Elder K, Grant M

Physical review. E2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.022128 PMID: 31574615

04

Sharp interface model for elastic motile cells.

Bresler Y, Palmieri B, Grant M

The European physical journal. E, Soft matter2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2019-11815-x PMID: 31073786

05

Substrate mediated interaction between pairs of keratocytes: Multipole traction force models describe their migratory behavior.

Palmieri B, Scanlon C, Worroll D, Grant M, Lee J

PloS one2019

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212162 PMID: 30822310

06

Generation of 1/f noise from a broken-symmetry model for the arbitrary absolute pitch of musical melodies.

Grant M, Faghihi N

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America2017First author

DOI: 10.1121/1.5011150 PMID: 29195450

07

Wavelet Imaging on Multiple Scales (WIMS) reveals focal adhesion distributions, dynamics and coupling between actomyosin bundle stability.

Toplak T, Palmieri B, Juanes-García A, Vicente-Manzanares M, Grant M, Wiseman PW

PloS one2017

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186058 PMID: 29049414

08

Phase-field model for collective cell migration.

Najem S, Grant M

Physical review. E2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.052405 PMID: 27300922

09

Multiple scale model for cell migration in monolayers: Elastic mismatch between cells enhances motility.

Palmieri B, Bresler Y, Wirtz D, Grant M

Scientific reports2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/srep11745 PMID: 26134134

10

Prediction of the dependence of the line tension on the composition of linactants and the temperature in phase separated membranes.

Palmieri B, Grant M, Safran SA

Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids2014

DOI: 10.1021/la502347a PMID: 25184568

Nonequilibrium and metastable structures

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Grant, Martin

$240,600

Nonequilibrium and metastable structures

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Grant, Martin

$125,000

Nonequilibrium structures

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Grant, Martin

$33,000

Nonequilibrium structures

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Grant, Martin

$417,325

Pacific institute for theoretical physics

Co-investigatorNSERC2003Major Facilities Access Grants

Principal investigators: Stamp, Philip

$50,000

Structure of nonequilibrium materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Grant, Martin

$417,325

Beowulf parallel computer clusters

Co-investigatorNSERC1999Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Guo, Hong

$152,339

Upgrade of vector computer

Principal investigatorNSERC1997Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Grant, Martin

$118,840

Formation of structure and patterns in nonequilibrium systems

Principal investigatorNSERC1996Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Grant, Martin

$426,725

Study of adhesion in dynamic situations

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Collaborative Project Grants (H)

Principal investigators: Grant, Martin

$213,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Physics
Chemistry
Plant Science
Materials Science and Engineering

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Anja Geitmann

Plant Science

2 shared papers, latest 2009

Nikolas Provatas

Materials Science and Engineering

2 shared papers, latest 2024

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Latest papers

Latest funding

Phase field crystal models with applications to laser deposition: A review

Kinetic roughening of the urban skyline.

Phase-field crystal for an antiferromagnet with elastic interactions.

Sharp interface model for elastic motile cells.

Substrate mediated interaction between pairs of keratocytes: Multipole traction force models describe their migratory behavior.

Generation of 1/f noise from a broken-symmetry model for the arbitrary absolute pitch of musical melodies.

Wavelet Imaging on Multiple Scales (WIMS) reveals focal adhesion distributions, dynamics and coupling between actomyosin bundle stability.

Phase-field model for collective cell migration.

Multiple scale model for cell migration in monolayers: Elastic mismatch between cells enhances motility.

Prediction of the dependence of the line tension on the composition of linactants and the temperature in phase separated membranes.

Nonequilibrium and metastable structures

Nonequilibrium and metastable structures

Nonequilibrium structures

Nonequilibrium structures

Pacific institute for theoretical physics

Structure of nonequilibrium materials

Beowulf parallel computer clusters

Upgrade of vector computer

Formation of structure and patterns in nonequilibrium systems

Study of adhesion in dynamic situations

Frequent collaborators

Mikko Karttunen

Anja Geitmann

Mark Sutton

Nikolas Provatas