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Nonlinear bending of molecular films by polarized light
Yu. B. Gaididei, A. P. Krekhov, H. Buettner
A theory of photoinduced directed bending of non-crystalline molecular films is presented. Our approach is based on elastic deformation of the film due to interaction between molec…
Conformational transformations induced by the charge-curvature interaction
Yu. B. Gaididei, P. L. Christiansen, W. J. Zakrzewski
A simple phenomenological model for describing the conformational dynamics of biological macromolecules via the nonlinearity-induced instabilities is proposed. It is shown that the…
Thermal diffusion of supersonic solitons in an anharmonic chain of atoms
Edward Arevalo, Franz G. Mertens, Yuri Gaididei +1
We study the non-equilibrium diffusion dynamics of supersonic lattice solitons in a classical chain of atoms with nearest-neighbor interactions coupled to a heat bath. As a specifi…
Nonlinearity-induced conformational instability and dynamics of biopolymers
Serge F. Mingaleev, Yuri B. Gaididei, Peter L. Christiansen +1
We propose a simple phenomenological model for describing the conformational dynamics of biopolymers via the nonlinearity-induced buckling and collapse (i.e. coiling up) instabilit…
Multi-component structure of nonlinear excitations in systems with length-scale competition
Peter L. Christiansen, Yuri B. Gaididei, Franz G. Mertens +1
We investigate the properties of nonlinear excitations in different types of soliton bearing systems with long-range dispersive interaction. We show that length-scale competition i…
Effects of finite curvature on soliton dynamics in a chain of nonlinear oscillators
Peter L. Christiansen, Yuri B. Gaididei, Serge F. Mingaleev
We consider a curved chain of nonlinear oscillators and show that the interplay of curvature and nonlinearity leads to a number of qualitative effects. In particular, the energy of…