| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 44, Number 3, November I 1998
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| Page(s) | 271 - 277 | |
| Section | General | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1998-00469-9 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Using DNA to probe nonlinear localized excitations?
Laboratoire de Physique, CNRS URA 1325, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
Received:
6
July
1998
Accepted:
14
September
1998
We propose an experiment using micro-mechanical stretching of DNA to probe nonlinear energy localization in a lattice. Using numerical simulations and kinetics calculations we estimate the order of magnitude of the expected force fluctuations. They appear to be at the border of present experimental possibilities.
PACS: 03.40.Kf – Waves and wave propagation: general mathematical aspects / 63.20.Pw – Localized modes / 87.15.By – Structure, bonding, conformation, configuration, and isomerism of biomolecules
© EDP Sciences, 1998
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