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Bending and Base-Stacking Interactions in Double-Stranded Semiflexible Polymer
Zhou Haijun, Ou-Yang Zhong-can
Simple expressions for the bending and the base-stacking energy of double-stranded semiflexible biopolymers (such as DNA and actin) are derived. The distribution of the folding ang…
Spontaneous curvature-induced dynamical instability of Kirchhoff filaments: Application to DNA kink deformations
Zhou Haijun, Ou-Yang Zhong-can
The Kirchhoff elastic theory of thin filaments with spontaneous curvature is employed in the understanding of the onset of the kink transitions observed in short DNA rings. Dynamic…
Theory on quench-induced pattern formation: Application to the isotropic to smectic-A phase transitions
Zhou Haijun, Ou-Yang Zhong-can
During catastrophic processes of environmental variations of a thermodynamic system, such as rapid temperature decreasing, many novel and complex patterns often form. To understand…
Bending and Twisting Elasticity: a Revised Marko-Siggia Model on DNA Chirality
Zhou Haijun, Ou-Yang Zhong-can
A revised Marko-Siggia elastic model for DNA double helix [Macromolecules 27, 981 (1994)] is proposed, which includes the WLC bending energy and a new chiral twisting energy term.…