Non-Equilibrium Living Polymers
Systems of “living” polymers are ubiquitous in industry and are traditionally realised using surfactants. Here I first review the theoretical state-of-the-art of living polymers and then discuss non-equilibrium extensions that may be realised with advanced synthetic chemistry or DNA functionalised b...
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| description | Systems of “living” polymers are ubiquitous in industry and are traditionally realised using surfactants. Here I first review the theoretical state-of-the-art of living polymers and then discuss non-equilibrium extensions that may be realised with advanced synthetic chemistry or DNA functionalised by proteins. These systems are not only interesting in order to realise novel “living” soft matter but can also shed insight into how genomes are (topologically) regulated in vivo. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ace9246352684b649e8dd723b2e365982023-11-20T16:10:11ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002020-10-012210113010.3390/e22101130Non-Equilibrium Living PolymersDavide Michieletto0School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UKSystems of “living” polymers are ubiquitous in industry and are traditionally realised using surfactants. Here I first review the theoretical state-of-the-art of living polymers and then discuss non-equilibrium extensions that may be realised with advanced synthetic chemistry or DNA functionalised by proteins. These systems are not only interesting in order to realise novel “living” soft matter but can also shed insight into how genomes are (topologically) regulated in vivo.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/10/1130living polymersDNAtopologynon-equilibrium polymer physics |
| spellingShingle | Davide Michieletto Non-Equilibrium Living Polymers Entropy living polymers DNA topology non-equilibrium polymer physics |
| title | Non-Equilibrium Living Polymers |
| title_full | Non-Equilibrium Living Polymers |
| title_fullStr | Non-Equilibrium Living Polymers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-Equilibrium Living Polymers |
| title_short | Non-Equilibrium Living Polymers |
| title_sort | non equilibrium living polymers |
| topic | living polymers DNA topology non-equilibrium polymer physics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/10/1130 |
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