Khoa Vật lý trân trọng kính mời quý vị đến dự seminar tháng 05/2019 do Khoa Vật lý tài trợ.
Ngày: 24/05/2019 (Thứ 6)
Giờ: từ 10 giờ 00 sáng đến 11 giờ 00 sáng
Địa điểm: Phòng 408F, nhà T1, Đại học Khoa học Tự nhiên, 334Nguyễn Trãi
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Speaker: Prof. TRINH XUAN HOANG (Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology)
Title: GEOMETRY AND THE COMPACT PHASE OF CHAIN MOLECULES
Abstract: In this talk, I will review studies on how the compact
phase of a polymer depends on the geometry and the local symmetry of the chain.
These studies are based on simple models which correspond to a flexible tube, a
chain of overlapping spheres, a chain with attached side spheres, and a
flexible ribbon of non-zero thickness. Interesting results obtained from these
polymer models include the emergence of a novel phase comprised by protein-like
structures [1] and the formation of a twisted ribbon akin to the DNA double
helix [2]. The studies help to delineate the differences between conventional
polymer and functional biomolecules and have implications for the design of
artificial molecular nanomachines.
