Mecke K (2002)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2002
Publisher: AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
Book Volume: 89
Journal Issue: 8
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.088301
Quantitative predictions are presented of a depletion-induced torque and force acting on a single colloidal hard rod immersed in a solvent of hard spheres close to a planar hard wall. This torque and force, which are entirely of entropic origin, may play an important role for the key-lock principle, according to which a biological macromolecule (the key) is functional only in a particular orientation with respect to a cavity (the lock).
APA:
Mecke, K. (2002). Entropic torque. Physical Review Letters, 89(8). https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.088301
MLA:
Mecke, Klaus. "Entropic torque." Physical Review Letters 89.8 (2002).
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