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cond-mat.soft2005
A generalized theory of semiflexible polymers
Paul A. Wiggins, Philip C. Nelson
DNA bending on length scales shorter than a persistence length plays an integral role in the translation of genetic information from DNA to cellular function. Quantitative experime…
cond-mat.soft2004
Exact theory of kinkable elastic polymers
Paul A. Wiggins, Rob Phillips, Philip C. Nelson
The importance of nonlinearities in material constitutive relations has long been appreciated in the continuum mechanics of macroscopic rods. Although the moment (torque) response…