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      Geometric properties of crumpled wires and the condensed non-solid packing state of very long molecular chains

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          Geometric aspects associated with the hierarchical and heterogeneous packing of crumpled wires are reviewed. The recently discovered phenomenon of condensation of elastic energy of curvature in these structures is discussed, and new results are presented with emphasis on robust scaling laws. It is examined the possible relevance of these laws in the conformational properties of long molecular chains densely packaged in a non-solid state, as e.g. in the packing of DNA strands in chromosomes, or in virus capsids. In particular, mean field arguments are used to estimate the dependence of the number of loops in the dense non-solid packed three-dimensional configurations of a very long polymer strand as a function of the number of monomers or the chain length.

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          Aspectos geométricos associados com o empacotamento hierárquico e heterogêneo de arames amassados são revistos. O fenômeno recentemente descoberto de condensação de energia elástica de curvatura nessas estruturas é discutido e novos resultados são apresentados, com ênfase em leis de escala robustas. Examina-se a possível relevância destas leis nas propriedades conformacionais de cadeias moleculares longas e densamente empacotadas em estado não-sólido como observado, por exemplo, para o DNA nos cromossomas ou nas cápsulas virais. Em particular, argumentos de campo médio são usados para estimar a dependência entre o número de laços e o comprimento dessas cadeias.

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                Journal
                jbchs
                Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
                J. Braz. Chem. Soc.
                Sociedade Brasileira de Química (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0103-5053
                1678-4790
                2008
                : 19
                : 2
                : 293-298
                Affiliations
                [01] Recife PE orgnameUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco orgdiv1Departamento de Física Brazil
                [02] Teresina PI orgnameUniversidade Federal do Piauí orgdiv1Departamento de Física Brazil
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                S0103-50532008000200014 S0103-5053(08)01900214
                10.1590/S0103-50532008000200014
                2c215d65-7288-4a1a-87a6-7c568c6b4dc2

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 21 August 2007
                : 30 November 2007
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 20, Pages: 6
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                crumpled wire,scale invariance,DNA packing
                crumpled wire, scale invariance, DNA packing

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