Chemical Sciences Seminars
Intrinsic Localized Modes (ILMs) in Nonlinear Lattices: Dynamics & Applications
by Dr. Ranja Sarkar, Ph.D. (University of Pune)
Monday, April 8, 2013
from
to
(Asia/Kolkata)
at Colaba Campus ( AG-69 )
at Colaba Campus ( AG-69 )
TIFR, Colaba
Mumbai 400005
Description |
ILMs are self-localized excitations which can travel long distances in nonlinear lattice chains. This property of ILMs may be of relevant use in investigating the energy-transport mechanism in biopolymers e.g. proteins.
In this talk, I will discuss the static and dynamic properties of ILMs and a formalism that may serve as a minimal model to describe conformational flexibility in biopolymers and thereby, to understand complex phenomena occurring in them e.g. allosteric communication, protein misfolding etc.. |