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Entropically-Stabilized Self-Compactification in Model Colloidal Systems
Juyong Park, Alexei V. Tkachenko
We discuss the phenomenon of spontaneous self-compactification in a model colloidal system, proposed in a recent work on DNA-mediated self-assembly. We focus on the effect of therm…
cond-mat.soft2003
Electrostatic effects in DNA stretching
Alexei V. Tkachenko
The response of a semiflexible polyelectrolyte chain to stretching in the regimes of moderate and weak screening is studied theoretically, with a special focus on DNA experiments.…