2 papers
cond-mat2003
Spherical Crystallography: Virus Buckling and Grain Boundary Scars
David R. Nelson
Ordered states on spheres require a minimum number of topological defects. For the case of crystalline order, triangular lattices must be interrupted by an array of at least 12 fiv…
cond-mat2003
Statistical Physics of Unzipping DNA
David R. Nelson
The denaturation of double-stranded DNA as function of force and temperature is discussed. At room temperature, sequence heterogeneity dominates the physics of single molecule forc…