Phys. Rev. E 70, 011801 (2004) [4 pages]Writhe distribution of stretched polymersReceived 27 February 2004; published 1 July 2004 Motivated by experiments in which single deoxyribose nucleic acid molecules are stretched and twisted we consider a perturbative approach around very high forces, where we determine the writhe distribution in a simple, analytically tractable model. Our results are in agreement with recent simulations and experiments. © 2004 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.70.011801
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.70.011801
PACS:
36.20.−r, 82.37.−j, 87.15.−v
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