Abstract
We propose a simple phenomenological model for describing the conformational dynamics of biopolymers via the nonlinearity-induced buckling and collapse instability. We describe the buckling instability analytically, and then demonstrate its role in the folding dynamics of macromolecules through the three-dimensional numerical simulations of long semiflexible chains.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 403-409 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Europhysics Letters |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2002 |