The dramatic recent advances in molecular biology, which have opened a new era in
medicine and biotechnology, rely on improved techniques to study large molecules …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the systems coupled to two reservoirs of energy
in such a way that there is a steady energy flow through the system. An example is a resistor …

The diffusion coefficients (D) of different types of macromolecules (proteins, dextrans,
polymer beads, and DNA) were measured by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching …

The configurations and dynamics of a polymer ring (R) inside a strongly crosslinked polymer
gel (G) are discussed and compared to those of linear (L) and branched (B) polymers in G. R …

During the last decade, capillary electrophoresis (CE) of DNA has undergone rapid
development. This improvement was especially important for DNA sequencing, where CE …

Agarose gels have been studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The experiments were
especially designed to work in aqueous conditions, allowing direct observation of the …

Picking up at the conclusion of Viovy's review of the physics of gel electrophoresis [J.-L.
Viovy, Rev. Mod. Phys. 72, 813 (2000) 10.1103/RevModPhys. 72.813], this review …

The separation of macromolecules such as polymers and DNA by means of electrophoresis,
gel permeation chromatography or filtration exploits size-dependent differences in the time it …

Dynamics of entangled polymer liquids: Do linear chains reptate? Page 9 DYNAMICS OF
ENTANGLED POLYMER LIQUIDS DO LINEAR CHAINS REPTATE? TP LODGE, NA …

The dynamicsand viscoelastic response of a polymer chain bound by reversible cross-links
to a (phantom) network are considered in a mean-field picture. A reversible cross-link is …