P. Benetatos

The elasticity of semiflexible polymers with reversible spontaneous curvature in two dimensions.

Many semiflexible filaments exhibit structural asymmetries that lead to a curved ground state (curvature in the absence of thermal fluctuations, external forces, or torques). This property is known as spontaneous curvature. Many semiflexible polymers can reversibly develop spontaneous curvature through internal conform...