Nonlinear elasticity in biological gels

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7039, 2005, Pages 191-194

  Storm, Cornelis ^a,c   Pastore, Jennifer J ^a   MacKintosh, F C ^b   Lubensky, T C ^a   Janmey, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; GELS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL GELS; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

ELASTICITY;

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; POLYMER; BIOPOLYMER; FIBRIN;

BIOLOGY; GEL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD VESSEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORNEA; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; FORCE; GEL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MECHANICS; MESENTERY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THEORY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENTROPY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; NERVE CELL;

BIOPOLYMERS; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; FIBRIN; GELS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; NEURONS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 18744376043     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03521     Document Type: Article

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