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
来源：
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 2003年 / 100卷 / 21期
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D O I：
10.1073/pnas.1534600100
中图分类号：
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
页数：6
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