Elasticity of stiff biopolymers

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Ghosh, Abhijit ^a   Samuel, Joseph ^a   Sinha, Supurna ^a  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; CELLS; ELASTICITY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

FORCE-EXTENSION RELATIONS; MICROTUBULES; NEUROFILAMENTS; POLYMER NETWORKS;

BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 36849031731     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.061801     Document Type: Article

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