Asters, Vortices, and Rotating Spirals in Active Gels of Polar Filaments

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Kruse, K ^a   Joanny, J F ^b   Julicher F ^a   Prost, J ^b,c   Sekimoto, K ^b,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c LDFC Institut de Physique ^*  (France)

^d Lab de Physique Théorique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GEL;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; GEL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; GELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VISCOSITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CELLS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

ACTIVE GELS; CELL DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MOTORS;

GELS;

EID: 1642632601     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.078101     Document Type: Article

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