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Structural correlations and melting of B-DNA fibres
Andrew Wildes, Nikos Theodorakopoulos, Jessica Valle Orero +3
Despite numerous attempts, the understanding of the thermal denaturation of DNA is still a challenge due to the lack of structural data at the transition since standard experimenta…
Dependence of kinetic friction on velocity: Master equation approach
Oleg Braun, Michel Peyrard
We investigate the velocity dependence of kinetic friction with a model which makes minimal assumptions on the actual mechanism of friction so that it can be applied at many scales…
The thermal denaturation of DNA studied with neutron scattering
Andrew Wildes, Nikos Theodorakopoulos, Jessica Valle Orero +3
The melting transition of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), whereby the strands of the double helix structure completely separate at a certain temperature, has been characterized using…
Adding a New Dimension to DNA Melting Curves
Santiago Cuesta-Lopez, Dimitar Angelov, Michel Peyrard
Standard DNA melting curves record the separation of the two strands versus temperature, but they do not provide any information on the location of the opening. We introduce an exp…
Modelling DNA at the mesoscale: a challenge for nonlinear science?
Michel Peyrard, Santiago Cuesta-Lopez, Guillaume James
When it is viewed at the scale of a base pair, DNA appears as a nonlinear lattice. Modelling its properties is a fascinating goal. The detailed experiments that can be performed on…
Nonlinear structures and thermodynamic instabilities in a one-dimensional lattice system
Nikos Theodorakopoulos, Michel Peyrard, Robert S. MacKay
The equilibrium states of the discrete Peyrard-Bishop Hamiltonian with one end fixed are computed exactly from the two-dimensional nonlinear Morse map. These exact nonlinear struct…