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Knotting of random ring polymers in confined spaces
C. Micheletti, D. Marenduzzo, E. Orlandini +1
Stochastic simulations are used to characterize the knotting distributions of random ring polymers confined in spheres of various radii. The approach is based on the use of multipl…
On the form of growing strings
D. Marenduzzo, T. X. Hoang, F. Seno +2
Patterns and forms adopted by Nature, such as the shape of living cells, the geometry of shells and the branched structure of plants, are often the result of simple dynamical parad…
Physics of thick polymers
D. Marenduzzo, A. Flammini, A. Trovato +2
We present the results of analytic calculations and numerical simulations of the behaviour of a new class of chain molecules which we call thick polymers. The concept of the thickn…
Switching hydrodynamics in multi-domain, twisted nematic, liquid crystal devices
D. Marenduzzo, E. Orlandini, J. M. Yeomans
We study the switching dynamics in two-domain and four-domain twisted nematic liquid crystal devices. The equilibrium configuration of these devices involves the coexistence of reg…
Inferring the diameter of a biopolymer from its stretching response
Ngo Minh Toan, Davide Marenduzzo, Cristian Micheletti
We investigate the stretching response of a thick polymer model by means of extensive stochastic simulations. The computational results are synthesized in an analytic expression th…
Numerical calculations of the phase diagram of cubic blue phases in cholesteric liquid crystals
A. Dupuis, D. Marenduzzo, J. M. Yeomans
We study the static properties of cubic blue phases by numerically minimising the three-dimensional, Landau-de Gennes free energy for a cholesteric liquid crystal close to the isot…