Rheology of active filament solutions.

We study the viscoelasticity of an active solution of polar biofilaments and motor proteins. Using a molecular model, we derive the constitutive equations for the stress tensor in the isotropic phase and in phases with liquid crystalline order. The stress relaxation in the various phases is discussed. Contractile activity is responsible for a spectacular difference in the viscoelastic properties on opposite sides of the order-disorder transition.

• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Physical Review Letters

• Publication date

  2006-07-11

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Physics

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  DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.268101arXiv cond-mat/0607285PMID 17280467
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