Chiral Mesophases of DNA
| dc.creator | Kamien, Randall D. | |
| dc.date | 1998-12-08 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:12:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:12:20Z | |
| dc.description | In the hexagonal columnar phase of chiral polymers a bias towards cholesteric twist competes with braiding along an average direction. When the chirality is strong, topological defects proliferate, leading to either a tilt grain boundary phase or a new ``moire state'' with twisted bond order. This moire phase can melt leading to a new phase: the chiral hexatic. I will discuss some recent experimental results from the NIH on DNA liquid crystals in the context of these theories. | |
| dc.description | 8 pages, harvmac, 4 postscript figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the 35th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Pullman, WA, 27-30 September 1998 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9812128 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9812128 | |
| dc.identifier | International Journal of Engineering Science 38 (2000) 1025 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/28869 | |
| dc.subject | Soft Condensed Matter | |
| dc.title | Chiral Mesophases of DNA | |
| dc.type | text |