Modeling and analysis of microtubules based on a modified couple stress theory

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1741-1745

  Fu, Yiming ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Buckling; Couple stress theory; Microtubules; Persistence length; Size effect

Indexed keywords

COUPLE STRESS THEORY; MICROTUBULES; PERSISTENCE LENGTH; SIZE EFFECT; SIZE EFFECTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; SIZE DETERMINATION;

BUCKLING;

EID: 77349104072     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2010.01.033     Document Type: Article

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