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Functional understanding of structural components in polypseudorotaxane gels
Ella Sapsford, Andrea Bonato, Simon Weir +4
Biomedical devices, wearable interfaces, and soft robots require compliant soft materials with reliable mechanical performance, yet the molecular principles needed to design such m…
Topological Linking Determines Elasticity in Limited Valence Networks
Giorgia Palombo, Simon Weir, Davide Michieletto +1
Understanding the relationship between the microscopic structure and topology of a material and its macroscopic properties is a fundamental challenge across a wide range of systems…
Effects of Monovalent and Divalent Cations on the Rheology of Entangled DNA
Jennifer Harnett, Simon Weir, Davide Michieletto
In this paper we investigate the effects of varying cation valency and concentration on the rheology of entangled lambda DNA solutions. We show that monovalent cations moderately i…
Runaway Transition in Irreversible Polymer Condensation with Cyclisation
Maria Panoukidou, Simon Weir, Valerio Sorichetti +3
The process of polymer condensation, i.e. the formation of bonds between reactive end-groups, is ubiquitous in both industry and biology. Here we study generic systems undergoing p…
Fluidification of entanglements by a DNA bending protein
Yair A. G. Fosado, Jamieson Howard, Simon Weir +3
In spite of the nanoscale and single-molecule insights into how nucleoid associated proteins (NAPs) interact with DNA, their role in modulating the mesoscale viscoelasticity of the…