Manipulating a single adsorbed DNA for a critical endpoint
Soft Condensed Matter
2008-09-16 v3 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We show the existence of a critical endpoint in the phase diagram of unzipping of an adsorbed double-stranded (ds) polymer like DNA. The competition of base pairing, adsorption and stretching by an external force leads to the critical end point. From exact results, the location of the critical end point is determined and its classical nature established.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.0803.3440,
title = {Manipulating a single adsorbed DNA for a critical endpoint},
author = {Rajeev Kapri and Somendra M. Bhattacharjee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3440},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
6 pages, 5 figures, Published version