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Design Principles for Programmable Topological Soft Networks
Andrea Bonato, Davide Marenduzzo, Enzo Orlandini
Physical crosslinks in conventional gels are static and spatially localised, fundamentally limiting their capacity to adapt, self-heal, or perform mechanical work. Topological gels…
Nucleoid clustering drives stepwise expansion and segregation of replicating bacterial chromosomes
Giada Forte, Enzo Orlandini, Davide Marenduzzo
Bacterial chromosome replication occurs in the absence of a canonical spindle apparatus; yet it reliably produces organised and segregated genomes. While both passive and active me…
Topological localisation and motility of active knots
Andrea Bonato, Davide Marenduzzo, Enzo Orlandini +1
Nonequilibrium active polymers provide a minimal framework to investigate biopolymers such as DNA and chromatin under the action of molecular motors. Here we study active ring poly…
Field-induced phase transitions in ferro-antiferromagnetic diblock copolymers
Alberto Raiola, Emanuele Locatelli, Davide Marenduzzo +1
We study the equilibrium properties of a model of magnetic diblock copolymer where each monomer is decorated with an Ising-like spin. Spins interact ferromagnetically within each b…