Equilibrium phase diagram and thermal responses of charged DNA-virus rod-suspensions at low ionic strengths.

ABSTRACT: The collective behavior of DNA is important for exploring new types of bacteria in the means of detection, which is greatly interested in the understanding of interactions between DNAs in living systems. How they self-organize themselves is a physical common phenomenon for broad ranges of thermodynamic systems. In this work, the equilibrium phase diagrams of charged chiral rods (fd viruses) at low ionic strengths (below a few mM) are provided to demonstrate both replicas of (or self-organized) twist orders and replica symmetry breaking near high concentration glass-states. By varying the ionic strengths, it appears that a critical ionic strength is obtained below 1-2 mM salt, where the twist and freezing of nematic domains diverge. Also, the microscopic relaxation is revealed by the ionic

SUBMITTER: Kang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7876043 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature