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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…
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…
Defects in Superfluids, Superconductors and Membranes
David R. Nelson
An introduction to the defects which dominate the physics of superfluid He films, of superconducting slabs and of crystalline and hexatic membranes is given. We first review po…
Vortex Line Fluctuations in Superconductors from Elementary Quantum Mechanics
David R. Nelson
Concepts from elementary quantum mechanics can be used to understand vortex line fluctuations in high-temperature superconductors. Flux lines are essentially classical objects, des…