Kinks, rings, and rackets in filamentous structures

被引:171
作者
Cohen, AE
Mahadevan, L
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Semicond Phys Grp, Cambridge CB3 0WA, England
[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Appl Math & Theoret Phys, Ctr Math Sci, Cambridge CB3 0WA, England
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D O I
10.1073/pnas.1534600100
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Carbon nanotubes and biological filaments each spontaneously assemble into kinked helices, rings, and "tennis racket" shapes due to competition between elastic and interfacial effects. We show that the slender geometry is a more important determinant of the morphology than any molecular details. Our mesoscopic continuum theory is capable of quantifying observations of these structures and is suggestive of their occurrence in other filamentous assemblies as well.
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页码:12141 / 12146
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