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Elasticity of Semiflexible Biopolymer Networks

Year: 1995

Type: article

Abstract: We develop a model for cross-linked gels and sterically entangled solutions of semiflexible biopolymers such as F-actin. Such networks play a crucial structural role in the cytoskeleton of cells. We show that the rheologic properties of these networks can result from nonclassical rubber elasticity. This model can explain a number of elastic properties of such networks in vitro, including the concentration dependence of the storage modulus and yield strain.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.4425

Authors: F. C. MacKintosh, J. Käs, P. A. Janmey

Institutions: University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Michigan, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies

Subfield: Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

Field: Chemical Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2075866529

FWCI: 17.49

Cites: 21

Cited by: 1,085

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