From proteins to chromosomes, polymers fold into specific conformations that control their
biological function. Polymer folding has long been studied with equilibrium thermodynamics …

The dynamic nature of chromosome organization plays a central role in the regulation of
many crucial processes, such as DNA transcription and replication. However, the molecular …

In most bacteria, chromosome segregation is driven by the ParAB S system where the
CTPase protein ParB loads at the parS site to trigger the formation of a large partition …

We investigate, using numerical simulations, the conformations of isolated active ring
polymers. We find that their behavior depends crucially on their size: Short rings (N≲ 100) …

Understanding the mechanisms governing the structure and dynamics of flexible polymers
like chromosomes, especially the signatures of motor-driven active processes, is of great …

The conformational and dynamical properties of isolated flexible active polar linear polymers
(APLPs) are studied analytically. The APLPs are modeled as Gaussian bead-spring linear …

We perform numerical simulations of isolated, partially active polymers, driven out-of-
equilibrium by a fraction of their monomers. We show that, if the active beads are all …

Polymerlike structures are ubiquitous in nature and synthetic materials. Their configurational
and migration properties are often affected by crowded environments leading to nonthermal …

In the present work, we study, by means of numerical simulations, the structural and
dynamical behavior of a suspension of active ring polymers in bulk and under lateral …

We investigate conformations and dynamics of a polymer considering its monomers to be
active Brownian particles. This active polymer shows very intriguing physical behavior which …