1.5k citations · 11.4k across the 134 of their papers we have counts for
4 papers · 1 filter
Single Molecule Statistics and the Polynucleotide Unzipping Transition
David K. Lubensky, David R. Nelson
We present an extensive theoretical investigation of the mechanical unzipping of double-stranded DNA under the influence of an applied force. In the limit of long polymers, there i…
Vortex wandering in a forest of splayed columnar defects
Jack Lidmar, David R. Nelson, Denis A. Gorokhov
We investigate the scaling properties of single flux lines in a random pinning landscape consisting of splayed columnar defects. Such correlated defects can be injected into Type I…
Hexatic Order and Surface Ripples in Spherical Geometries
Peter Lenz, David R. Nelson
In flat geometries, two dimensional hexatic order has only a minor effect on capillary waves on a liquid substrate and on undulation modes in lipid bilayers. However, extended bond…
Interaction effects in non-Hermitian models of vortex physics
Kihong Kim, David R. Nelson
Vortex lines in superconductors in an external magnetic field slightly tilted from randomly-distributed parallel columnar defects can be modeled by a system of interacting bosons i…