TY - JOUR
T1 - The deformation field in semiflexible networks
AU - Levine, A.M.
AU - Head, D.A.
AU - Mac Kintosh, F.C.
PY - 2004/5/21
Y1 - 2004/5/21
N2 - Gels composed of semiflexible polymers have remarkably complex deformational properties. Due to the introduction of a new mesoscopic length scale, the persistence length, the deformation field of these materials can depart from the predictions of continuum elastic theories over mesoscopic lengths. In this paper, we review a recently proposed phase diagram for such semiflexible gels and discuss the implications of this research for modelling the cytoskeleton.
AB - Gels composed of semiflexible polymers have remarkably complex deformational properties. Due to the introduction of a new mesoscopic length scale, the persistence length, the deformation field of these materials can depart from the predictions of continuum elastic theories over mesoscopic lengths. In this paper, we review a recently proposed phase diagram for such semiflexible gels and discuss the implications of this research for modelling the cytoskeleton.
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U2 - 10.1088/0953-8984/16/22/006
DO - 10.1088/0953-8984/16/22/006
M3 - Article
SN - 0953-8984
VL - 16
SP - S2079-S2088
JO - Journal of Physics. Condensed matter
JF - Journal of Physics. Condensed matter
IS - 22
ER -
