Unzipping DNA by force: thermodynamics and finite size behaviour

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dc.creatorKapri, Rajeev
dc.creatorBhattacharjee, Somendra M.
dc.date2005-11-22
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dc.descriptionWe discuss the thermodynamic behaviour near the force induced unzipping transition of a double stranded DNA in two different ensembles. The Y-fork is identified as the coexisting phases in the fixed distance ensemble. From finite size scaling of thermodynamic quantities like the extensibility, the length of the unzipped segment of a Y-fork, the phase diagram can be recovered. We suggest that such procedures could be used to obtain the thermodynamic phase diagram from experiments on finite length DNA.
dc.description10 pages, accepted for publication in special issue of Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0511531
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0511531
dc.identifierJ. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18 (2006) S215-S223
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0953-8984/18/14/S06
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/104308
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleUnzipping DNA by force: thermodynamics and finite size behaviour
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