Elasticity of Semiflexible Biopolymer Networks

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1995-07-21

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9507093v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4425

We develop a model for gels and 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 {\em in vitro}, including the concentration dependence of the storage modulus and yield strain.

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