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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - The process of polymer condensation, i.e., the formation of bonds between reactive
    end groups, is ubiquitous in both industry and biology. Here we study generic
    systems undergoing polymer condensation in competition with cyclization. Using
    a generalized Smoluchowski theory, molecular dynamics simulations and experiments
    with DNA and ATP-consuming T4 ligase, we find that this system displays a transition,
    from a ring-dominated regime with finite-length chains at infinite time to a linear-polymers-dominated
    one with chains that keep growing in time. Finally, we show that fluids prepared
    close to the transition may have widely different compositions and rheology at
    large condensation times.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Maria
      foaf_name: Panoukidou, Maria
      foaf_surname: Panoukidou
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Simon
      foaf_name: Weir, Simon
      foaf_surname: Weir
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Valerio
      foaf_name: Sorichetti, Valerio
      foaf_surname: Sorichetti
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=ef8a92cb-c7b6-11ec-8bea-e1fd5847bc5b
    orcid: 0000-0002-9645-6576
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Yair Gutierrez
      foaf_name: Fosado, Yair Gutierrez
      foaf_surname: Fosado
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Martin
      foaf_name: Lenz, Martin
      foaf_surname: Lenz
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Davide
      foaf_name: Michieletto, Davide
      foaf_surname: Michieletto
  bibo_doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.023189
  bibo_issue: '2'
  bibo_volume: 6
  dct_date: 2024^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/2643-1564
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: American Physical Society@
  dct_title: Runaway transition in irreversible polymer condensation with cyclization@
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