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Supercoiling DNA with a free end
Daniela Moretti, Giuseppe Gonnella, Antonio Suma +3
In this work, we combine coarse-grained Brownian dynamics simulations and mean-field theory to study supercoiling dynamics, as well as the steady-state profiles of twist and writhe…
cond-mat.soft2019★ 14 cited
Plectoneme dynamics and statistics in braided polymers
Giada Forte, Michele Caraglio, Davide Marenduzzo +1
Braids composed of two interwoven polymer chains exhibit a buckling transition whose origin has been explained through the onset of plectonemic structures. Here we study, by a comb…