Do quantum effects hold together DNA condensates? Part I

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Do quantum effects hold together DNA condensates? Part I Alfredo Iorio Ustav Castikove a Jaderne Fyziky Univerzita Karlova v Praze Ustav Theoreticke Fyziky Univezita Karlova v Praze 3 brezen 2009

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Do quantum effects hold together DNA condensates? Part I. Alfredo Iorio Ustav Castikove a Jaderne Fyziky Univerzita Karlova v Praze Ustav Theoreticke Fyziky Univezita Karlova v Praze 3 brezen 2009. Summary. Foreword DNA (and others) Compaction The Poisson-Boltzmann equation - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Do quantum effects hold together DNA

condensates? Part I

Alfredo IorioUstav Castikove a Jaderne Fyziky

Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Ustav Theoreticke FyzikyUnivezita Karlova v Praze

3 brezen 2009

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Summary

• Foreword

• DNA (and others) Compaction

• The Poisson-Boltzmann equation

• The electrostatic and the fluctuations approaches…

• …and their problems

• How about quantum effects?Refs: W.Gelbart, R.Bruinsma, P.Pincus,

V.Parsegian, Phys. Today 53 (2000) 38

(A.I., S.Sen, S.Sen, arXiv:0806.3130 [q-bio])

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* Foreword: the hero of our story

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* DNA (and others) Compaction

                              

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* The Poisson-Boltzmann equation

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* The electrostatic and fluctuations approaches…

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* …and their problems

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* How about quantum effects?


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