Nonlinearity-induced conformational instability and dynamics of biopolymers
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Serge F. Mingaleev, Yuri B. Gaididei, Peter L. Christiansen, and Yuri S. Kivshar 1 Nonlinear Physics Group, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia 2 Department of Mathematical Modeling, The Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark 3 Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, 14-B Metrologichna St., 03143 Kiev, Ukraine
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