This review examines intermittent target search strategies, which combine phases of slow
motion, allowing the searcher to detect the target, and phases of fast motion during which …

We present a general theory which allows one to accurately evaluate the mean first-passage
time (FPT) for regular random walks in bounded domains, and its extensions to related first …

Diffusion-mediated surface phenomena are crucial for human life and industry, with
examples ranging from oxygen capture by lung alveolar surface to heterogeneous catalysis …

Summary β-arrestin plays a key role in G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling and
desensitization. Despite recent structural advances, the mechanisms that govern receptor-β …

Simple ingredients, such as well-defined interactions and couplings for the velocity and
orientation of self-propelled objects, are sufficient to produce complex collective behavior in …

We develop an encounter-based approach for describing restricted diffusion with a gradient
drift toward a partially reactive boundary. For this purpose, we introduce an extension of the …

We study the first passage statistics to adsorbing boundaries of a Brownian motion in
bounded two-dimensional domains of different shapes and configurations of the adsorbing …

Focal adhesions (FAs) initiate chemical and mechanical signals involved in cell polarity,
migration, proliferation and differentiation. Super-resolution microscopy revealed that FAs …

In the scenario of the narrow escape problem (NEP) a particle diffuses in a finite container
and eventually leaves it through a small'escape window'in the otherwise impermeable …

Theoretical predictions have suggested that molecular motion at interfaces—which
influences processes including heterogeneous catalysis,(bio) chemical sensing, lubrication …