Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2003-03-21
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 118101 (2003)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
4 pages, 11 eps figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.118101
Experiments of in vitro formation of blood vessels show that cells randomly spread on a gel matrix autonomously organize to form a connected vascular network. We propose a simple model which reproduces many features of the biological system. We show that both the model and the real system exhibit a fractal behavior at small scales, due to the process of migration and dynamical aggregation, followed at large scale by a random percolation behavior due to the coalescence of aggregates. The results are in good agreement with the analysis performed on the experimental data.
Ambrosi D.
Bussolino F.
Candia Antonio de
Coniglio Antonio
Gamba Andrea
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