Phys. Rev. E 101, 062422 (2020) - Statistical mechanics of DNA-nanotube adsorption

Statistical mechanics of DNA-nanotube adsorption

Shushanik Tonoyan, Davit Khechoyan, Yevgeni Mamasakhlisov, and Artem Badasyan

Phys. Rev. E 101, 062422 – Published 29 June 2020

Abstract

Attraction between the polycyclic aromatic surface elements of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the aromatic nucleotides of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) leads to reversible adsorption (physisorption) between the two, a phenomenon related to hybridization. We propose a Hamiltonian formulation for the zipper model that accounts for the DNA-CNT interactions and allows for the processing of experimental data, which has awaited an available theory for a decade.

Received 5 December 2019
Accepted 15 June 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.101.062422

©2020 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Biomolecules DNA Nanotubes

Polymers & Soft Matter

Authors & Affiliations

Shushanik Tonoyan, Davit Khechoyan, and Yevgeni Mamasakhlisov

Department of Molecular Physics, Yerevan State University, A. Manougian Street 1, 375025, Yerevan, Armenia

Artem Badasyan ^*

Materials Research Laboratory, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, SI-5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia

^*Corresponding author: abadasyan@gmail.com

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Vol. 101, Iss. 6 — June 2020

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