Designing highly tunable semiflexible filament networks.
| Autor: | Pandolfi RJ; University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, USA., Edwards L; University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, USA., Johnston D; University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, USA., Becich P; University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, USA., Hirst LS; University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics [Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys] 2014 Jun; Vol. 89 (6), pp. 062602. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jun 20. |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.062602 |
| Abstrakt: | Semiflexible polymers can generate a range of filamentous networks significantly different in structure from those seen in conventional polymer solutions. Our coarse-grained simulations with an implicit cross-linker potential show that networks of branching bundles, knotted morphologies, and structural chirality can be generated by a generalized approach independent of specific cross-linkers. Network structure depends primarily on filament flexibility and separation, with significant connectivity increase after percolation. Results should guide the design of engineered semiflexible polymers. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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