Stress field in actin gel growing on spherical substrate

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-24

  Dafalias, Yannis F ^a,b   Pitouras, Zacharias ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GELATION; GELS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MONOMERS; POISSON RATIO; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SPHERES; STRAIN;

ACTIN FILAMENTS; BIO MIMETIC; ELASTIC MATERIALS; FINITE STRAINING; GEL GROWTH; GEL MEDIUM; IN-VITRO; LATEX BEADS; MECHANICAL COUPLING; NON-LINEAR; POISSON; RADIAL DIRECTIONS; SMALL STRAINS; STRAIN LEVELS; STRESS EQUILIBRIUM; STRESS FIELDS; STRESS VARIATIONS; UNIT VECTORS;

STRESSES;

ACTIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; GEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACTINS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; GELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 58449134594     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-007-0113-y     Document Type: Article

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