简介：Moleculardynamics(MD)simulationsareperformedtostudyadhesionandpeelingofashortfragmentofsinglestrandDNA(ssDNA)moleculefromagraphitesurface.Thecriticalpeel-offforceisfoundtodependonboththepeelingangleandtheelasticityofssDNA.FortheshortssDNAstrandunderinvestigation,weshowthatthesimulationresultscanbeexplainedbyacontinuummodelofanadhesiveelasticbandonsubstrate.Theanalysissuggeststhatitisoftenthepeakvalue,ratherthanthemeanvalue,ofadhesionenergywhichdeterminesthepeelingofananoscalematerial.

简介：ThisstudyintendstoinvestigatehowtheelasticityofabacterialphagecanafecttheprocessofDNApackagingandejection.Forthispurpose,weproposeaunifiedcontinuumandstatisticalmechanicsmodelbytakingintoaccounttheefectsofDNAbendingdeformation,electrostaticrepulsionbetweenDNA–DNAstrandsandelasticdeformationofthephagecapsid.Basedonsuchamodel,wederivethequantitativerelationsbetweenpackagingforce,elasticityofcapsid,DNAlengthremaininginthecapsid,osmoticpressureandejectiontime.Thetheoreticallypredictedresultsarefoundtoagreeverywellwithinvitroexperimentalobservationsintheliterature.