4 papers
Kinetic roughening in active interfaces
Francesco Cagnetta, Martin R. Evans, Davide Marenduzzo
The essential features of many interfaces driven out of equilibrium are described by the same equation---the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) equation. How do living interfaces, such as t…
A nonequilibrium strategy for fast target search on the genome
F. Cagnetta, D. Michieletto, D. Marenduzzo
Vital biological processes such as genome repair require fast and efficient binding of selected proteins to specific target sites on DNA. Here we propose an active target search me…
Inviscid limit of the active interface equations
Francesco Cagnetta, Martin R. Evans
We present a detailed solution of the active interface equations in the inviscid limit. The active interface equations were previously introduced as a toy model of membrane-protein…
Statistical mechanics of a single active slider on a fluctuating interface
Francesco Cagnetta, Martin R. Evans, Davide Marenduzzo
We study the statistical mechanics of a single active slider on a fluctuating interface, by means of numerical simulations and theoretical arguments. The slider, which moves by def…