I review single-molecule experiments (SMEs) in biological physics. Recent technological
developments have provided the tools to design and build scientific instruments of high …

The oxDNA model of Deoxyribonucleic acid has been applied widely to systems in biology,
biophysics and nanotechnology. It is currently available via two independent open source …

DNA is not only an essential object of study for biologists—it also raises very interesting
questions for physicists. This paper discuss its nonlinear dynamics, its statistical mechanics …

originally designed to reproduce the properties of DNA molecules with average sequences.
The new parametrization introduces sequence-dependent stacking and base-pairing …

Recent advances in single molecule experiments have raised many challenges. These
challenges can be met by a proper understanding of the inter-and intra-molecular …

We study a model for the denaturation transition of DNA in which the molecules are
considered as being composed of a sequence of alternating bound segments and …

A theory of the unzip** of double-stranded DNA is presented and is compared to recent
micromanipulation experiments. It is shown that the interactions that stabilize the double …

We study the static and dynamical properties of DNA in the vicinity of its melting transition, ie,
the separation of the two strands upon heating. The investigation is based on a simple …

Experiments on single DNA molecules have shown that abrupt transitions between states of
different extensions can be driven by stretching and twisting. Here we show how a simple …

We study pairs of interacting self-avoiding walks {ω 1, ω 2} on the 3 d simple cubic lattice.
They have a common origin ω 0 1= ω 0 2, and are allowed to overlap only at the same …