Deformation of Cross-Linked Semiflexible Polymer Networks

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Head, David A ^a,b   Levine, Alex J ^b,c   MacKintosh, F C ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CROSSLINKING; DEFORMATION; PROTEINS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CYTOSKELETAL NETWORKS;

INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS;

BIOPOLYMER; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

BIOPOLYMERS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 18244421065     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.108102     Document Type: Article

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