The chain persistency of single-stranded (ss) DNA at a high-salt limit mainly arises from the so-called base-stacking interaction between consecutive bases along the strand. Stacking is appreciable for purine–purine (e.g., A–A) and purine–pyrimidine stacks (e.g., A–T), but it is weak for pyrimidine stacks (i.e., T–T, T–C, and C–C). We study how base stacking can stiffen the strand by classifyin...

The paper illustrates the application of a combined adaptive particle swarm optimization (A-PSO) algorithm and the finite strip method (FSM) to the lay-up optimization of symmetrically fiber-metal laminated (FML) composite shallow shell panels for maximizing the fundamental frequency. To improve the speed of the optimization process, adaptive inertia weight was used in the particle swarm optimiz...

An algorithm has been developed that generates all of the nonequivalent closest-packed stacking sequences of length N. There are 2(N) + 2(-1)(N) different labels for closest-packed stacking sequences of length N using the standard A, B, C notation. These labels are generated using an ordered binary tree. As different labels can describe identical structures, we have derived a generalized symmet...

We developed a sensor for the detection of specific microRNA (miRNA) sequences that was based on graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and ssDNA-UCNP@SiO2. The proposed sensor exploits the interaction between the sp(2) carbon atoms of the GQD, mainly π-π stacking, and the DNA nucleobases anchored on the upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). This interaction brings the GQD to the surface of the ssDNA-UCNP@...

background and objectives: making stacking gels for polyacrylamide gels in the laboratory by conventional methods is laborious and time consuming. considering the role of temperature in polyacrylamide gels with respect to electrical resistance and viscosity, we assumed that decreasing the temperature would cause an increase in electrical resistance and viscosity.  ultimately, a downward tempera...