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cond-mat.soft2009★ 45 cited
Extrinsic Curvature, Geometric Optics, and Lamellar Order on Curved Substrates
R. D. Kamien, D. R. Nelson, C. D. Santangelo +1
When thermal energies are weak, two dimensional lamellar structures confined on a curved substrate display complex patterns arising from the competition between layer bending and c…
cond-mat.soft2009★ 24 cited
Shear Unzipping of DNA
Buddhapriya Chakrabarti, David R. Nelson
We study theoretically the mechanical failure of a simple model of double stranded DNA under an applied shear. Starting from a more microscopic Hamiltonian that describes a sheared…