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SUMMARY:Self assembly of fd viruses - Pelcovits\, B (Brown University Prov
 idence\, Rhode Island)
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Self-assembled Smectic-A monolayers composed of chiral fd viru
 ses in the presence of a polymer depletant have been shown by the Dogic gr
 oup to exhibit a variety of novel structures as a function of temperature 
 and polymer concentration. After reviewing some of the experimental findin
 gs I will discuss a phenomenological theoretical model of this system base
 d on the Helfrich membrane energy and the de Gennes theory of smectics. I 
 will show how this model can be used to understand some of the fascinating
  experimental observations of fd self-assembly.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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