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Topological disentanglement of linear polymers under tension
Michele Caraglio, Boris Marcone, Fulvio Baldovin +2
We develop a theoretical description of the topological disentanglement occurring when torus knots reach the ends of a semi-flexible polymer under tension. These include decays int…
Modelling the deceleration of COVID-19 spreading
Giacomo Barzon, Karan Kabbur Hanumanthappa Manjunatha, Wolfgang Rugel +2
By characterising the time evolution of COVID-19 in term of its "velocity" (log of the new cases per day) and its rate of variation, or "acceleration", we show that in many countri…
Separation of Geometrical and Topological Entanglement in Confined Polymers Driven Out-Of-Equilibrium
Davide Michieletto, Enzo Orlandini, Matthew S Turner +1
We use Brownian dynamics simulations and advanced topological profiling methods to characterize the out-of-equilibrium evolution of self-entanglement in linear polymers confined in…
Translocation of links through a pore: effects of link complexity and size
Michele Caraglio, Enzo Orlandini, Stuart G Whittington
We have used Langevin dynamics to simulate the forced translocation of linked polymer rings through a narrow pore. For fixed size (i.e. fixed number of monomers) the translocation…
Aging of living polymer networks: a model with patchy particles
Stefano Iubini, Marco Baiesi, Enzo Orlandini
Microrheology experiments show that viscoelastic media composed by wormlike micellar networks display complex relaxations lasting seconds even at the scale of micrometers. By mappi…