Shear Unzipping of DNA
(2009)
Journal Article
Chakrabarti, B., & Nelson, D. (2009). Shear Unzipping of DNA. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry), 113(12), 3831-3836. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp808232p
We study theoretically the mechanical failure of a simple model of double-stranded DNA under an applied shear. Starting from a more microscopic Hamiltonian that describes a sheared DNA, we arrive at a nonlinear generalization of a ladder model of she... Read More about Shear Unzipping of DNA.