Phenomenological modeling of DNA overstretching
Biomolecules
2008-02-25 v1 Quantitative Methods
Abstract
A phenomenological model based on the three-dimensional theory of nonlinear elasticity is developed to describe the phenomenon of overstretching in the force-extension curve for dsDNA. By using the concept of a material with multiple reference configurations a single formula is obtained to fit the force-extension curve.
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@article{arxiv.0802.3323,
title = {Phenomenological modeling of DNA overstretching},
author = {Ray W. Ogden and Giuseppe Saccomandi and Ivonne Sgura},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.3323},
year = {2008}
}
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13 pages, 4 figures