Plectoneme formation in twisted fluctuating rods

DOI10.1016/j.jmps.2007.12.008zbMath1162.74389OpenAlexW2147867197MaRDI QIDQ1025196

Prashant K. Purohit

Publication date: 18 June 2009

Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2007.12.008

zbMATH Keywords

bucklingrodsbiological materialplectonemes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Kinetics in biochemical problems (pharmacokinetics, enzyme kinetics, etc.) (92C45) Biomechanical solid mechanics (74L15)

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