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Title: Elasticity of stiff biopolymers
Authors: Ghosh, Abhijit
Samuel, J.
Sinha, Supurna
Issue Date: Dec-2007
Publisher: The American Physical Society
Citation: Physical Review E, 2007, Vol.76, 061801
Abstract: We present a statistical mechanical study of stiff polymers, motivated by experiments on actin filaments and the considerable current interest in polymer networks. We obtain simple, approximate analytical forms for the force-extension relations and compare these with numerical treatments. We note the important role of boundary conditions in determining force-extension relations. The theoretical predictions presented here can be tested against single molecule experiments on neurofilaments and cytoskeletal filaments like actin and microtubules. Our work is motivated by the buckling of the cytoskeleton of a cell under compression, a phenomenon of interest to biology.
Description: Open access
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3446
ISSN: E-ISSN: 1550-2376
P-ISSN: 1539-3755
Alternative Location: http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:0710.1465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.76.061801
Copyright: 2007 The American Physical Society
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