Publication Date:
2016-04-09
Description:
Author(s): Debabrata Panja, Gerard T. Barkema, and J. M. J. van Leeuwen We study the dynamics of a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) segment, as a semiflexible polymer, in a shear flow, the strength of which is customarily expressed in terms of the dimensionless Weissenberg number Wi. Polymer chains in shear flows are well known to undergo tumbling motion. When the chain leng… [Phys. Rev. E 93, 042501] Published Thu Apr 07, 2016
Keywords:
Polymers
Print ISSN:
1539-3755
Electronic ISSN:
1550-2376
Topics:
Physics
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