Rheology of Active Filament Solutions

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2006-07-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607285v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 268101 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.268101

We study the viscoelasticity of an active solution of polar biofilaments and motor proteins. Using a molecular model, we derive the constitutive equations for the stress tensor in the isotropic phase and in phases with liquid crystalline order. The stress relaxation in the various phases is discussed. Contractile activity is responsible for a spectacular difference in the viscoelastic properties on opposite sides of the order-disorder transition.

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