Spontaneous motion in hierarchically assembled active matter

Nature

Volumn 491, Issue 7424, 2012, Pages 431-434

  Sanchez, Tim ^a   Chen, Daniel T N ^a   Decamp, Stephen J ^a   Heymann, Michael ^a   Dogic, Zvonimir ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

CELL ORGANELLE; EMULSION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOTILITY; PRECISION;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMULSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84869089951     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11591     Document Type: Article

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