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This article delves into the potential influence of quantum effects on DNA condensates through the lens of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation, electrostatic and fluctuations approaches, and relevant problems.
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Do quantum effects hold together DNA condensates? Part I • AlfredoIorio • Ustav Castikove a Jaderne Fyziky • Univerzita Karlova v Praze • Ustav Theoreticke Fyziky • Univezita Karlova v Praze • 3 brezen 2009
Summary • Foreword • DNA (and others) Compaction • The Poisson-Boltzmann equation • The electrostatic and the fluctuations approaches… • …and their problems • How about quantum effects? Refs: W.Gelbart, R.Bruinsma, P.Pincus, V.Parsegian, Phys. Today 53 (2000) 38 (A.I., S.Sen, S.Sen, arXiv:0806.3130 [q-bio])