3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Optimal Translocation of Living \& Active Filaments in Confinement
Marin Vatin, Rosa Sinaasappel, Renske Kamping +3
Active filament translocation through confined spaces is central to processes ranging from DNA transport through nanopores to cytoskeletal dynamics in cell migration. Here, we use…
cond-mat.soft2024
Upsurge of spontaneous knotting in polar diblock active polymers
Marin Vatin, Enzo Orlandini, Emanuele Locatelli
Spontaneous formation of knots in long polymers at equilibrium is inevitable but becomes rare in sufficiently short chains. Here, we show that knotting and knot complexity increase…
cond-mat.soft2023
Conformation and dynamics of partially active linear polymers
Marin Vatin, Sumanta Kundu, Emanuele Locatelli
We perform numerical simulations of isolated, partially active polymers, driven out-of-equilibrium by a fraction of their monomers. We show that, if the active beads are all gather…