Unpacking of a Crumpled Wire from Two-Dimensional Cavities.

The physics of tightly packed structures of a wire and other threadlike materials confined in cavities has been explored in recent years in connection with crumpled systems and a number of topics ranging from applications to DNA packing in viral capsids and surgical interventions with catheter to an...

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Main Authors: Thiago A Sobral, Marcelo A F Gomes, Núbia R Machado, Valdemiro P Brito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4457482?pdf=render