Some notes on low-dimensional elastic theories of bio- and nano-structures

DOI10.1142/S021798491002478XMaRDI QIDQ3062648zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Xiao-Hua Zhou

Publication date 28 December 2010

Published in Modern Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1142/S021798491002478X

zbMATH Keywords

carbon nanotubecurvatureDNA

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80) Biophysics (92C05)

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