Viscoelastic properties of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a self-similar, shear-thinning worm

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4528-4533

  Backholm, Matilda ^a   Ryu, William S ^b   Dalnoki Veress, Kari ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENDING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPRESSION; CUTICLE; DAMPING COEFFICIENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FORCE; KELVIN VOIGT MODEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXWELL MODEL; MECHANICS; MODEL; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPRING CONSTANT; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELASTICITY; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875255594     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219965110     Document Type: Article

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