Rheology of Semi-dilute Solutions of Calf-thymus DNA

Bandyopadhyay, Ranjini and Sood, AK (2002) Rheology of Semi-dilute Solutions of Calf-thymus DNA. In: Pramana-Journal of Physics, 58 (4). pp. 685-394.

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Abstract

We study the rheology of semi-dilute solutions of the sodium salt of calf-thymus DNA in the linear and nonlinear regimes. The frequency response data can be fitted very well to the hybrid model with two dominant relaxation times $\tau_0$ and $\tau_1$. The ratio $( \tau_0 / \tau_1) \sim 5$ is seen to be fairly constant on changing the temperature from 20 to $30^o\hspace{2mm}C$. The shear rate dependence of viscosity can be fitted to the Carreau model.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Pramana-Journal of Physics
Publisher:	Indian Academic of Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academic of Science
Keywords:	DNA;Rheology;Hybrid model.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:28
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/7435

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