2 papers
cond-mat.soft2004
Excluded Volume Effect in Unzipping DNA with a Force
Pui-Man Lam, J. C. S. Levy, Hanchen Huang
A double stranded DNA molecule when pulled with a force acting on one end of the molecule can become either partially or completely unzipped depending on the magnitude of the force…
cond-mat.stat-mech2002
Excluded Volume Effects in Gene Stretching
Pui-Man Lam
We investigate the effects excluded volume on the stretching of a single DNA in solution. We find that for small force F, the extension h is not linear in F but proportion to F^χ,…